1883.
No.5.
The Fortnight. PAGE 81
Sonnet.—Andrew Lang. 83
National Education. 83
Chivalry. 84
Quantum Mutata—Oscar Wilde. 87
Editorial. 88
Views. 90
Normal. 91
Scientific. 92
Swaps. 94
Personal. 95
The Corridors. 96
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Vol. II. NOVEMBER 7, 1883. No. 5.
THE FORTNIGHT.
For the past three weeks there has been the usual amount of talking on the street corners, and button-holing that seems always necessary to carry through a local election. Also the daily papers have excellent opportunity to fill their columns with matter that all good citizens (?) are interested in, that is, personal abuse. To the thinking man there is nothing more disgusting than the methods universally employed in local elections. Men will work, and scheme and plot, estrange their friends, and become the laughing stock to their enemies, all for an office that brings no honor, and less profit than the same time rightly devoted to regular business. The ward-politician thinks no means too base, that will secure a few votes. Even the churches have been invaded. For the past month the attendance of candidates at certain prominent churches has been surprisingly regular. The other Sunday when the minister called for money for some purpose, and asked all to rise who would give a certain amount, one candidate made himself very conspicuous by the promptness and zeal with which he rose and continued standing after others had sat down. That candidate thought that would be a good advertisement.
We have noticed that there are students who seem to be always on the watch for chances to advertise themselves. In classes they will sometimes come up with specially prepared lessons and make a great show, but on other days will have not a word to say. When they desire to join the church such students commonly select a Sunday when, by reason of some peculiar interest in sermon or the preacher, the church is very well filled. It looks like an advertisement, or an appeal to the powers that be. "Abstain from all appearance of evil" is a good maxim to hold in mind. Perhaps these judicious advertisers console themselves with the adage: "If a man bloweth not his own horn, verily that horn shall not be blown."
For intrinsic interest the performance of Hamlet by the Geo. C. Miln company has been, thus far, the dramatic event of the season. In Hamlet Mr. Miln may be called excellent; what faults his performance has are those which time will wear away. He has a good voice and figure for the part, and as a whole his "business" is very well adapted to the situations. In some places there was a little too much rant and bellowing. One was in the lines:
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"The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King."
To us it seems a mistake to howl this as Mr. Miln did. A little before Hamlet has flown into a passion, then reproaches himself that instead of acting he "falls a-cursing like a very drab." When he finally concludes, his tone should show more manly determination.
Another place was in the play scene. There was a little too much stress laid on his speeches to Horatio. In this scene Hamlet is quiet and watchful. Also the speech beginning; "He poisons him in the garden for his estate," should not be bellowed out as it was. Hamlet, seeing that the King is about to leave before the play is finished, tells the rest of the story to observe its effect upon him. The way in which it was spoken by Miln seems wholly unnatural.
As a whole, however, Miln's Hamlet is well worth seeing. The soliloquies were generally well given. The scene with his mother, at Ophelia's grave, and the final scene are excellent.
As to the minor parts, they were in about the usual proportion of mediocraties and sticks. The King was a wretched stick. The Queen did well in one scene, that in her chamber, when Hamlet kills Polonius by mistake. In this she seemed to draw inspiration from Hamlet, but in others she was naught. Miss Guernsey's Ophelia shows good training but not much talent. Polonius was too buffoonish; Laertes ranted. Horatio played modestly and sensibly; the part is rather a negative one and the gentleman who played it did not attempt to make it more.
Of course, now-days, Hamlet must be "cut." We think Mr. Miln has shown excellent judgment in preparing his version. We would think, however, the play would close better with Horatio's "Good-night sweet prince," than with Hamlet's, "The rest is silence."
In the series of American Statesmen its editor, Mr. John T. Morse, Jr., has once more appeared with a volume on *Thomas
Jefferson. To say the book is admirably and impartially written is but to proclaim anew Mr. Morse's excellent qualifications for the task he has undertaken. It is certainly the best and only fair biography of Jefferson that we have ever seen. Hitherto we have had to choose between the indiscriminate laudation of Parton and the unmeasured censure of writers of Federalist proclivities. Mr. Morse has shown forth the strength and weakness of this wonderful man. Jefferson strove greatly to better the mass of the people, he wished to abolish slavery, he thought that state best governed which is least governed. Yet his own common sense forced him often to reverse his political creed, when it was for the general good of the country, as for instance in the purchase of Louisiana. He regarded the wishes of the common people more than any leader of his time, and the people repaid him by a devotion greater than that to any other American politician. He was essentially a civilian. In times of peace he was a most excellent party leader, but his hatred of a military establishment made him leave the country almost defenseless. As a war governor of Virginia he was a failure, as President in troublous times he was worse than a failure. When American citizens were oppressed by France and England, both determined that the United States should not remain neutral in the mighty struggle then going on in Europe, he hoped by vain words to do the work of cannonballs. Then finally his Embargo, that crowning act of foolishness, gave the death-blow to American ship-building and made our country the laughing stock of Europe. Were the book itself not readily procurable we would say much more. Both Jefferson and Hamilton have been judged too much in a partisan spirit. Each did his work. Jefferson wrote the Declaration, but he opposed the Constitution and drew those "Kentucky resolutions" which have been the precedent and authority for nullification and almost for the rebellion of 1861. What we have seen elsewhere Mr. Morse's volume but confirms; Jefferson was essentially the destroyer of the old order, Hamilton the constructor of the new.
* Thomas Jefferson, by John T. Morse, Jr. American Statesmen Series, Boston; Houghton, Mifflin & Co,
SONNET—NATIONAL EDUCATION.
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LITERARY
SONNET.
As one that for a weary space has lain,
Lulled by the song of Circe and her wine,
In gardens near the pale of Prosepine,
Where that Æean isle foggets the main,
And only the low lutes of love complain,
And only shadows of wan lovers pine,
As such an one were glad to know the brine
Salt on his lips, and the large air again,
So gladly, from the songs of modern speech
Men turn, and see the stars, and feel the free
Shrill wind beyond the close of heavy flowers,
And through the music of the languid hours
They hear like ocean on a western beach,
The surge and thunder of the Odyssey.
ANDREW LANE
NATIONAL EDUCATION.
The wisest statesmen have found that the best way to diminish the crime and pauperism of a community, is to lessen its ignorance. On maps showing the distribution of wealth and illiteracy in the United States, the maximum of the former is generally found in those sections where the minimum of the latter exists.
The subject of national education has been acquiring new interest of late in the United States. Certain measures were pending before the last congress which proposed an appropriation to be distributed among the several states in aid of popular education.
This interference of the government is timely, and a matter of no small importance. Our people need never expect universal education without the help and support of the government. Every voter in the land is under governmental control and discipline, and the sure way of furthering governmental interests is the education of the voter.
The North is a part of the South. The southern vote is worth as much as the northern in the coming presidential election; and yet to-day, in Kentucky alone, there are 43,000 white voters who are unable to read the ballot they cast, leaving out of consideration the 55,000 illiterate colored voters. The very basis of our free government is the intelligence and integrity of its citizens. Is it then not the duty of the administrative body of the United States to establish an educational standard, and compel its voters to live up to it?
Germany follows out the plan of compulsory education. Every child between the ages of seven and fourteen attends the public elementary schools. We would do well to study foreign customs and governments instead of imitating their manners and fashions, as we are doing to-day. The English eye-glass, and style of dress, and the English drawl, is becoming uncomfortably common on the streets of New York.
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The trouble with us Americans is, we are too absorbed in the grand money-hunt, leaving no leisure for culture and domestic enjoyment. Germany thinks we had better adopt "Time is money," as our national motto. England says we eat faster than any other nation. We have worshiped "the golden calf" long enough; we have endured chronic dyspepsia long enough.
No nation so young was ever so rich. Now is the time to polish and refine our accumulated ore; to diminish, if not wholly extinguish, this growing and dangerous curse of illiteracy, to establish a free library in every county by the side of our jails and poor-houses, to educate our public representatives to be men whose influence shall be felt in our universities as well as in our country caucuses; men who are interested in the suppression of illiteracy and the advancement of education, as well as in "the returns" of some petty township. Then, and only then, will America have reached her proper place. But we must work. The young must have this instilled into them.
Teach the children to hate ignorance and vice, to love honor and wisdom. Then will America be free, freer a thousand fold than when Lee's army fled before Richmond
Wendell Phillips' eloquent words in behalf of the suppression of slavery, can appropriately be used by us in behalf of the suppression of illiteracy: "Education will triumph. I hear it. Do you remember in that disastrous siege in India, where the Scotch girl raised her head from the pallet of the hospital and said to the sickening hearts of the English, 'I hear the bagpipes, the Campbells are coming;' and they said, Jessie, it is delirium.' 'No, I know it; I heard it far off.' And in an hour the pibroch burst upon their glad ears, and the banner of England floated in triumph over their heads. So I hear in the dim distance the first notes of the jubilee rising from the hearts of the millions. Soon, very soon, you shall hear it at the gates of the citadel, and the Stars and Stripes shall guarantee liberty forever from the Lakes to the Gulf." C.
CHIVALRY.
Up from the ashes of the middle ages there rises a spirit to which, if we cannot accord the worship it received in olden times, we are bound to render just honor and respect—the spirit of chivalry.
No one can contemplate the gloomy period when modern nations were evolving themselves,when civilization seemed to have passed behind the densest cloud and the world had almost returned to its primitive chaos,without deprecating the cold cruelties,the untold horrors,which,for a time,everywhere characterized the blunted
sensibilities of man's finer nature. But as "among the roses grow some wicked weeds;" or rather, as among the wicked weeds grow some roses, so in this deplorable period of the middle ages, the eye lights upon one bright spot.
Far be it from me to defend chivalry in all its practices, except upon the ground of its reaching a higher level than any of its contemporary institutions. Yet it had one feature which commends it to our admiration as being in advance of any-
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thing previously evolved, and that is a deep respect for woman, a partial recognition of woman's sphere—a recognition yet far from complete.
The ancients, with all their lore and fine philosophical distinctions, found no place in their thoughts for poor woman. They regarded her as their legitimate underling rather than their helpmate. They accorded her no field in the civil or literary world, thereby unkindly intimating that she was an unreasonable creature. They showed her no social courtesy whatever, even assigning her to the upper tiers in their theatres. With them, woman had no social life; she was nothing more than a mental and physical serf, capable of nothing but obedience to her lords and the performance of domestic duties for which she did not even receive thanks. She was a real nonentity.
It is, therefore, with no little surprise that we turn to a time rife with barbarities, whose literary darkness can never be surpassed; when the veil of ignorance almost parted it from civilization itself, and in our survey of this fossil field we discover in its rugged wastes the sparkling gem unknown to the classic world-courtesy to woman as well as to man, for the lack of which ancient civilization seems crude indeed, and without which our civilization could never attain the highest eminence as a respecter of the weak.
We cannot extol too highly this virtue developed in the dark ages. Look where you will; search all the pages of forgotten history; study man's finer nature in whatsoever ancient nation, no matter to what degree of civilization it had attained, and you cannot find in all the categories of virtues handed down to us, that virtue the practice of which enjoins upon us courtesy to woman. No, it is to the dark ages that we must render our praise for the first recognition of the rights of woman. Chivalry may have been blunt in
its perception of other moral virtues, but it first swore to defend the rights of woman.
It is, perhaps, true that the first reaction from the lowest extreme attained a height comparatively unwarranted; that the knights made woman almost the complete governess of the world; that they exalted her to a station far above her contemporary lords, for at a woman's bidding every true knight was ready to lay down his life; that they made her not the social equal of man, but his mistress. As, however, a balance moves slowly up and down before coming to its final rest, so must time adjust this matter, and we must not consider it too great a fault in chivalry that it yielded larger power to woman than it retained itself, for woman's influence seems to be the great civilizer. It may be that the balance in its oscillation again brought woman, at a later time, below her true plane, but that she is gradually rising to her proper level no one can deny, when he considers that greater courtesy is being shown her every day, especially in our own country—that the gates of new fields are continually opening, and that everywhere she is coming to be considered man's equal, equal in ability, equal in rights, and superior as to her finer nature.
The barriers which have hitherto divided the sexes are slowly crumbling away. Woman may enter into business. Nearly all the professions are now open to them, and popular opinion ought to extend them the courtesy of protection therein.
It is an acknowledged fact that in many vocations women have proven themselves the peers of men. As teachers they are as efficient, yet no woman can command the wages due her. In clerkships she performs her duty as well as her male fellow,yet what a disparity of wages. And right here has grown up an evil in denouncing which popular opinion cannot be too severe.In
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the cities where many clerical positions are filled by women, it has become the custom of shop-keepers, and even of the proprietors of the largest and most respectable houses, so called, to employ female help at such prices as are not sufficient for their maintenance.
If women are to be admitted into vocations where they may become self-supporting, and such an admission is necessary, it is a crying shame that their employers are too stingy to pay them living wages. The denunciations of popular opinion ought to be so severe upon an employer who, for the sake of avarice, will starve his clerks, as to drive him from business and from the society of all honorable men. For proof that such a condition of things exists, you need only to refer to the wages paid to female clerks in cities, and to the reputations they sustain upon such salaries. You may say that a consideration of such a subject does not belong in this connection; but that the sexes should be equal, seems their proper condition, for which modern knights should labor, and when the knights of the nineteenth century in their recognition of the equality of woman, in their recognition of woman's rights, in their extreme courtesy, admit woman to professions where she may earn a livelihood, might they not well imitate the knights of the 14th century, and bind themselves to defend her in the enjoyment of her rights? If the 19th century has made an advance and admitted woman to full equality, ought it not to extend to her the courtesy she was wont to receive? Can society, when woman has proved herself the peer of any, sit calmly by and see her rights trampled in the mire and her struggling alone? Ancient chivalry would have burned to avenge such a wrong.
Aside from courtesy to woman, there is another feature of chivalry which deserves attention. Not only were the knights attentive to the rights of woman, but they also practiced common courtesy even to enemies. They did not exalt woman at the expense of man, but they recognized the obligation to respect the rights of all—the very foundation-stone of society. We talk to-day of the perfect adjustment of society. We say that every man receives his due; that no one is oppressed by his neighbor, and that all are respecters of right and justice, and in the face of our words act to the very contrary. We boast of our generosity, and yet in this day of enlightenment how seldom do we hear of generosity for the faults, or respect for the opinions, of others. How often does criticism, whose office is to perform a friendly service, become the weapon of war. We daily hear criticised, in the most blood-curdling terms, the careers or acts of men whose hearts we know were good; but for lack of generosity or fairness, their good deeds are classed among their bad ones in such a manner that it requires a glass of the highest magnifying power to distinguish them. And yet do not generosity for the faults and respect for the opinions and feelings of another, come within the province of courtesy? Certainly, and he who, for one moment, forgets it, is guilty of the greatest discourtesy.
It is the boast of our civilization that it is far in advance of anything previously known; that it even surpasses old chivalry in its attention to the rights of the weak and the oppressed; that woman was never so respected before; that courtesy reigns supreme, and yet it seems that this wealth-seeking race of ours has almost forgotten the courtesy, generosity and liberal-mindedness which really constituted the flower of ancient chivalry. We are too apt to consider the privileges accorded us as ours by inherent right, by virtue of which right we may demand them, and therefore liable to have
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no feeling of gratitude for favors received; and yet if we do forget these stimulating—if in our selfishness we lose sight of common courtesy; if we overlook the rights of every other and respect no one but the ego, our civilization will be as barren of fruit as the sandiest desert. If, with all the advantages for gaining the highest ends, we neglect the little affairs that really make the great, in time to come, after a new evolution has occurred, our posterity may look back and justly name our time the New Dark Ages.
Under ancient chivalry there arose ties of fraternity, respect to elders, devotion to woman and generous frankness of deportment. A cavalier was courteous even to his enemy, because in him he saw a brother. He held to his obligations with uncompromising fidelity. The modern character is the result of the slow aud silent growth of ages and may be traced back to those days of ancient Europe, when the knight was quick to strike and generous to forgive. The qualities of knighthood tempered and softened all classes of society. The knight was charmed into courtesy by the gentle influence of woman and the
air of mildness which she diffused can never die away as long as we show her courtesy. Do we do wrong when we attribute to the dark ages the honor of the first recognition of these virtues? Our civilization must continuously advance as long as we act in response to the motives which prompted the knights of old.
"The knights are dust,
And their good swords are rust."
But the spirit of chivalry which was wont to animate the heroes of a barbarous age still waves, we trust, its silken banner with former sovereignty over our distant civilization.
Let us remember that 'it is not size, it is not force, it is not strength which constitutes true greatness, but when men rise against oppression, when they say that throughout the length and breadth of their country justice and courtesy must be done to every man and woman; when they respect them and endeavor to be high-minded and magnanimous toward them, nay further, when they are not ashamed to confess and atone for mistakes and errors, then such men, and the nation which such men make, will become truly, nobly, iudisputably great!' W.
QUANTUM MUTATA.
There was a time in Europe long ago When no man died for freedom anywhere, But England's lion leaping from its lair Laid hands on the oppressor! it was so While England could a great Republic show. Witness the men of Piedmont, chiefest care Of Cromwell, when with impotent despair
The Pontiff in his painted portico
Trembled before our stern ambassadors.
How comes it then that from such high estate
We have thus fallen, save that Luxury
With barren merchandise piles up the gate
with barren merchandise piles up the gate.
Where nobler thoughts and deeds should enter by:
Else might we still be Milton's heritors.
OSCAR WILDE.
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Our policy is not to throw insinuations and then veil ourselves with a screen of generalities. It is not to pass over in silence or with praise that which deserves censure. A turbulent rabble shall not be called "forgetful spirits" or "a harmonious concourse." Such slush is not wanted. The Courier is the representative of the whole body of students and therefore has to favor no particular class. The only way to correct an evil is to exhibit it in the true light. This we shall try to do. Our praise shall be given in the same manner-truthfully, freely, personally. Those who differ in sentiment have our columns at their disposal.
THE LAW STUDENTS.
We are glad to notice that several of the law students have joined the literary societies and are taking an active part in the society work. The feeling has long been prevalent among collegiates that the law department is alien to the University. This feeling arose from the fact that the law students did not mingle with the others. They leave the University in the morning at the time the others arrive. The rest of the day they spend in down town offices where they are seldom seen. In bad weather even the recitations have been conducted in the city. The sessions of the Kent Club and of the moot court are both held away from the University. The "Laws" seldom write anything for the college papers. It is no wonder then that the bond between the collegiates and themselves has been no stronger.
If the "Laws" would all take part in the literary societies the estrangement would cease. Being as a rule good speakers, they would be a great help to the societies. As a lawyer even should know something outside of Blackstone, the literary work would prove an equal value to themselves.
The mania for parties among the various classes, though it may appear baneful from the study side, is most pleasing and encouraging from another point of view. It will do much toward forming and cementing a strong class feeling, something almost unknown in the past. Heretofore it has been too much as we heard expressed by a certain graduate: "I care as little for my class as for a man I have never met." Let the parties go on.
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THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND THEIR WORK.
We hope to see the time when the public high schools of this state will be academies for the University and our preparatory department will be abolished. We are not so anxious for this change however that for the sake of making it we would lower the quality of preparatory work. The University has gained too high a reputation to take any such backward steps.
Some of the high schools which now carry their pupils into the Freshman class are not in fact up to the standard; at least not to the standard of the work done by preparatory students here. It is hardly fair to give pupils who have received a mere smattering of Caesar, Cicero and Virgil at their home schools, an equal standing with those who have taken a three years solid and steady training here. This however has been done. The work in the classics here we know to be the most thorough, and the same degree of excellence should be required of the preparatory high schools. Of those schools now recognized by the University, the large majority are carrying out the preparatory course in practice and furnishing us a high grade of students. These schools are not, however, as they ought to be, without their exceptions.
THE TOWNS AND THE GOWNS.
The relations between the students and the citizens have always been cordial. Occasionally irate boarding mistresses have berated our boys, and they in turn have denounced Lawrence people for refusing to have anything to do with the students in a social way. This, however, is all. The melees between the towns and the gowns known at Oxford in Tom Brown's day have had no repetition here. The custom in eastern colleges of smashing street lamps,
wrenching off door knobs, shearing horses' tails, and egging citizens, is something foreign to our institution.
On the other hand, Lawrence business men have assisted liberally in every enterprise of the students. They have made reductions in the prices of their goods, they have offered prizes for scholarship, and they have contributed money liberally to student amusements.
It is with sorrow that we would view a change in this relationship. Last Halloween a party of students included in their pranks the tearing down and burning of a valuable sign of Mr.'Steinberg's on Mount Oread Mr. Steinberg immediately swore out warrants for the arrest of several students. He considered the destroying of his sign on Mount Oread as great an outrage as smashing the plate glass fronts of his store would have been. The boys claimed that the sign-board was an eye-sore to University students and visitors, and was out of place where it stood. They therefore took advantage of Halloween to remove it and have their fun. As a natural result much bitterness has arisen.
Whether the various tricks of Wednesday night last were performed by high school boys, city clerks or students, the latter will get the blame of all of it. We cannot but think, however, that things were carried too far. The boys who tore down fences would have grown pretty warm if on returning home they had found their books scattered in pieces over the yard. It makes all the difference in the world on which side the fun falls. To play a cute joke is one thing; to injure person or property is another. In the mean time a little moderation and consideration would not hurt.
Students interested in protection should read "protection to young industries," the Harvard prize essay of F. Y. Taussig, published by Moses King, Cambridge.
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VIEWS.
VIEWS.
EDITOR VIEWS—
The late decision of the supreme court, declaring the civil rights bill unconstitutional, was a great surprise to the colored people of this city. At first they were very indignant, but their leader has a cool head, and I think the result will be a political change. Hon. J. M. Langston, consul to Hayti, spoke on the subject last Friday. There was a large civil rights meeting at Lincoln Hall, over two hundred people listened to the address, and many times that number were turned away for lack of room. The meeting was addressed by Fred Douglass, Robert G. Ingersoll and Dr. Rankin. Douglass' speech was a very masterly effort. He made no direct accusation, but when he took his seat every one in the audience was convinced that the supreme court was actuated by the old slavery spirit in making the recent decision, and was using its official power to crush the negro. He said: "We have been grievously wounded in the house of our friends, and the wound is too fresh, too deep and too painful for the measured speech of ordinary occasions. We feel it, as we felt years ago, the furious attempt to force slavery on the free soil of Knnsas; the fugitive slave law; the Dred Scott decision. We feel as one who hears the tramping of heavy feet on the grave of his mother."
He was followed by Robert Ingersoll, who made a two hours' speech, which some say, who have heard him often, was the best he ever made. Some of his flights of eloquence were very beautiful. His audience was quite often very demonstrative, as is shown by the following little incident, in which Ingersoll appears in the new role
of a "sensational preacher:" As his eloquence began to mount above the earth and soar into the clouds, I noticed a colored woman began to get very restless. As the speaker grew more earnest and began to concentrate his powers, she could hardly contain herself. When the climax came, the good woman sprang to her feet, clapping her hands and shouting Glory! Glory! The incident was so ludicrous the entire audience burst into a roar of laughter, and it was some time before the colored brothers who sat next to her could get her into her seat and explain to her that Ingersoll was not preaching.
It will be some time before the excitement caused by that decision will cool off. I think the ultimate effect of it will be to divide the colored vote nearly equally between the two great parties.
Dr. Rankin's speech was calm and very sensible, as all that he says is. It is a wonderful influence that brings together an ex-slave, the most prominent doctor of divinity in the city and the most radical infidel in the country, on one platform, to plead one cause.
"WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT."
We would commend to a certain class of students the example of a few nameless ones who have (professedly) turned their backs upon the fascinating game of billiards, with self-imposed penalties almost as dire as any which are likely to be inflicted for arson, awaiting them in the event of their breaking a mutual pledge. There is no form of dissipation so destructive to habits of study, and so wasteful of time and energy. It is harder to be a moderate billiard player than a moderate drinker, and no man can be proficient in the game and in his studies.
er:
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NORMAL.
—Things to be remembered by the teacher:
1. Remember that the child before you is neither a lump of clay, to be "moulded" into an image of your own personal self, nor a little demon, to be scourged or coaxed out of its diabolism by your skill as a saviour of souls. It is an immortal child of the infinite God, capable of indefinite development along the line of its own native capacity; doubtless stocked with natural depravity enough for all practical purposes, but open to all the blessed influences of wisdom, beauty and love.
2. Remember that each pupil in your school-room is unlike any other creature that ever was, is, or probably will be; made to fit some niche in the temple of humanity, and that your business is to find out that aptitude, and give the little one an initial push along the true path to his highest success.
3. Remember that the kind of man or woman needed by our country is a child developed into the best he or she can become, along the line of providential intention in its creation; and that such a citizen is a thousand times more desirable than the finest copy of a famous demagogue, or a machine fashioned to do any special work, however important.
4. Remember that character is the basis of all manhood and all scholarship, of success in every realm of American life. Your school must be, more than half, a school of character; and first and foremost, must be the object in yourself. You must be Bible, discipline, precept, example, illustration not to the neglect of all those aids, but the center of your whole system of moral training of the child; and all this training must bear on making the child a self-directing character, able to become a true man or woman, and a sovereign citizen of the United States.
5. Remember that mental training means first, the awakening of a desire for truth; second, the direction of the faculties to the observation and study of nature; third, the training of the soul to know what is in man, and to learn by intercourse with people; fourth, the instruction into the way to use books in connection with independent examination of the world without and within; and fifth, the discipline into that true humility of the intellect which comes from a reasonable confidence in what is really known, a mighty hunger and thirst after wisdom, and a reverent attitude before the infinite mystery that encircles us all.
6. Remember that good manners and refined habits of thought and feeling, are the atmosphere of life; and all things said or done in your school room, or in the school yard, will affect your children according to the true gentleness and courtesy in which they are seen.
These and many other things the true teacher must constantly keep in view, and work toward, if he wishes to do justice to himself, to his pupils, and also to do one thing more of which we have not yet spoken—place the profession where it belongs first among the foremost.
The Second of the semi-monthly lectures before the N. L. S., was delivered Friday, Oct. 26, by Prof. Robinson. The Professor handled Cicero and Caesar in their various phases to the entire satisfaction of all present. The third of this series will be delivered by Prof. Miller next Friday.
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SCIENTIFIC.
-It is reported that work will soon begin on the Cape Cod Canal.
— The Ohio river dam improvements are nearly finished, at a cost of only $12,000. The work was in charge of Capt. Adams.
Thus far the wire cable road across East River bridge is not a smiling success. Theoretically perfect but practically a failure.
—Work on the Panama canal is progressing finely. They have been very fortunate so far, only losing, on an average, one man a day.
The Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad, which has been under construction for two years, was completed Oct. 11, and favorably opened Oct.25. By this a direct route to the sea is given to the immense granary of eastern Kansas and western Missouri.
At the last meeting of the Engineering Society, A. S. Riffle read the first of a series of papers on the Mississippi Jetties. It showed careful preparation and was quite entertaining, besides being very instructive The beauty of this society is that nothing but original work is permitted to be brought before the students.
In many places the manufacture of gas from sawdust is receiving considerable attention. At Deseronto, Ontario, Mr. Tomlinson has just completed gas works and lighting of the town; the works being erected for the purpose of making gas from fine sawdust. The gas is said to be equal to the best coal gas. We thus see that, in places where there is an abundance of wood and a scarcity of coal, gas can be made very cheaply.
SORGHUM SUGAR.—The Indian millet, cultivated in Asia and Africa where it takes the place of the cereals of the North, is the product from which our sorghum sugar is originated. Prof. Arduino, of Florence, first introduced it into Europe in 1786, but it did not receive much attention until Count de Montegny, French consul to Shanghai, sent some seeds to Paris where they were planted, one germ living, and from this nearly all our sorghum has been produced. It was introduced into the United States in 1856, and in this short time it has been developed to its present importance. The principal centers of this industry are Sterling and Hutchinson, Kansas; Champaign, Illinois, and Rio Grande, N.J. Kansas seems to be taking the lead, Sterling and Hutchinson having the largest mills yet established. Hutchinson turned out its first lot of sugar September 12, and now, by employing 200 men night any day, turns out 20,000 pounds of sugar and 1,600 gallons of syrup, both of which are perfectly free from the usual sorghum taste. Says the Scientific American: "The result at Hutchinson settles all controversy about the possibility of making sugar from sorghum." The Cleveland Ledger also says: "Hutchinson and Sterling will soon be able to supply Kansas with her sugar." It is proposed to make Hutchinson and Sterling the headquarters, while branch mills will be established over the state, which will ship the raw products there for refining. Says President Baker, of Sterling: "The experts who examined the average samples, were surprised to find the purity of the sugar absolutely beyond that of the finest cane sugar of the South." The yield at Sterling
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this year is estimated at $90,000. New Jersey offers a premium of $1 per ton of cane and 1 cent per pound of sugar raised and manufactured in the state. This is quite an item when one company (as the Rio Grande) turns out 1,000,000 pounds of sugar.
The Chinese ambassador has recently visited the Rio Grande works, making a very careful study of the system of sugar-making from the cane. For 2,000 years sorghum has been grown profitably as a cereal in the Flowery Kingdom, and if the clear gain of its sugar can be added to the crop, the fact will be of vast economical importance to the empire.
That China, the oldest nation, should come to the United States, the youngest, to learn how to utilize what it has been growing for 2,000 years, is remarkable.
LOUP FORK FOSSILS.—At the request of Prof. Snow, Mr. Chas. H. Sternberg has made an extensive collection of Loup Fork Fossils, from Phillips, Decatur, and Rawlins counties.
Last year while exploring north-western Kansas for Prof. Agassiz, of Harvard, he discovered a locality where a ravine had cut through a bed of sand containing great quantities of rhinoceros bones. They were indiscriminately mixed, and consisted of bones from young and old individuals.
In his researches in the interest of the University of Kansas, under the direction of Prof. Snow, he visited the Sans region and obtained two skulls and about twenty under jaws, besides great numbers of well preserved bones from all parts of skeletons of many individuals. A number of limbs can be restored.
This rhinoceros, or aphelops, as Prof. Cope calls it, was harmless and unlike recent species; had powerful tusks like canines and small incisors. They also had
three toes on each foot. Their hoofs were small and could not have supported their ponderous bodies, hence they must have had thick pads on the distal ends of the metacarpals and tarsals. They were about as tall as a buffalo and more powerfully built. Their only weapons of offense or defense were their large chisel-like tusks.
Mr. Sternberg also got a pair of under jaws with teeth of a mastodon. These animals were provided with inferior tusks, and the lower jaws are projected into a beak for the reception of the tusks. Prof. Cope calls these remains those of the mas-todon productus.
Mr. Sternberg also found bones and teeth of the three-toed horse; likewise bones of a camel-like animal, and of a large land turtle.
This is the best collection of fossils in the state, and possibly in the country. There are 1,600 pounds of bones.
—H. S. Hamilton of straw lumber notoriety, writes from New York City to the effect that he has been successful in securing the organization of a stock company, for the purpose of manufacturing straw lumber with a capital of $500,000. Their works will be in Lawrence, Kansas, and lumber for railway purposes only will be manufactured. Chas. A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun is said to be one of the incorporators. Engineering News.
—Messrs J. W. Mackey and James Gordon Bennett have signed a contract with Messrs. Siemens Brothers for the manufacture of two transatlantic cables, and they are now being made at the works of these gentleman, near London. The first cable is to be open June 1, 1884; the second a few weeks later. These cables will be owned and operated solely by American capital. Its policy will be to maintain absolute secrecy of messages entrusted to it. These gentlemen evidently mean a lively competition, and the benefits will be wide spread.
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SWAPS.
SWAPS.
The Swarthmore Phoenix ranks well in most of its departments. We would suggest, however, that it make its literary a little stronger.
The Normal News comes to our table a welcome friend. It is of especial interest to our Normal editor, who immediately seizes and bears it away to the seclusion of his own sanctum.
The Kansas City Review has in the October No. a lengthy and exhaustive article on the Tools of the Mound Builders, with cuts, showing the shape and peculiar construction of each tool.
The much vexed question, the marking system, is now being pretty well discussed in almost all college papers. And one would think, in reading the various criticisms, that the old system was about to go to the wall.
—We like the make up of the University Mirror. It is well sustained in all its departments. But we think those cuts, if such they may be called, at the head of each department, could be well dispensed with, or changed.
The Denison Collegian contains an excellent article on the Suppression of Mormonism. The writer in a very logical way, shows that Mormonism is not a religion, and that even if it were, the government would have a right to interfere when its practices become intolerant.
—Our friend the Occident still wages what, with her, is an eternal warfare against the Greeks. If there is one thing to be admired above another, it is steadfastness to conviction. She has seen fit to "take up arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing, end them?"
As some of our exchanges have taken particular exception to the super-abundance of criticism in the first issue of our paper for this year; we would like to say for our own justification, that we did not have anything to do with the department then.
The Sunbeam comes to us from the land where sunbeams are surely grateful, and especially one so thoroughly concentrated as that before us. It is a bright, spicy little paper, with a longer exchange list, we venture to say, than any other North American college paper.
The Baldwin Index, our nearest neighbor, arrived just as we were going to press with our last issue and hence too late for comment. We see, however, that the exchange editor, like all good, honesthearted fellows, takes in all that our Editorial is pleased to give him and honestly sets about to refute it.
Mr. Editor, on the College Transcript, we would suggest for your own good, that you write your own criticisms and not clip them from other papers, for that forces your readers to one of two conclusions, either you lack the ability to write them, or else you think they will have more weight coming from another paper. If the first be true you acknowledge your own inability, if the second, the low rank of your paper.
The Fredonia Presbyterian comes to us with the following paragraph marked: "The University Courier of Lawrence, Kansas, is a bright college monthly. Its front page is decorated with the photographs of the new chancellor and members of the faculty. On the whole they are rather ornamental for a lot of pedagogues." Instead of being a monthly, Mr. Fredonia, we come out on the seventh and twentieth of each month, and our motto is non nobis solum.
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PERSONAL.
—W. L. Kerr was at home in Ottawa last week.
—Miss Maggie Oliver visited the University Friday.
—Supt. Courtney had pressing business in Topeka Friday.
—J. R. Turner, a former student, has entered the law class.
—'87. John Sargent spent Sunday at his home in Kansas City.
—Miss Mamie Hudson went to Topeka last Friday to attend a party.
—S. Steinberg, the King Clothier, called at the University November 1st.
—'79. S. M. Smith of Emporia spent several days in the city last week.
—Prof. Trueblood of Kansas City was at the University Thursday morning.
—'85. B. K. Bruce has returned to the University and joined his class again.
—Misses Nettie Hubbard and Nellie Dow spent Sunday at their homes in Olathe.
—Mr. E. A. Munsell, of the Council Grove Republican, was in the city last week.
—Scott Markley of Hillsdale, a cousin of A. C. Markley, visited the University Friday.
—Prof. Brownell was unable to meet his classes last Monday because of a severe cold.
—'87. H. H. Shawhan was initiated into the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity Saturday night.
—Supt. E. Stanley, of the city schools, was up on Mt. Oread Monday morning showing a friend over the University.
—'83. J. G. Smith came down from Kansas City Friday to attend the I. C. party given by Carlie Cockins and Maud Mansfield.
-W. L. Kerr was at home in Ottawa last week.
—Miss Maggie Oliver visited the University Friday.
—Supt. Courtney had pressing business in Topeka Friday.
-J. R. Turner, a former student, has entered the law class.
-'87. John Sargent spent Sunday at his home in Kansas City.
—Miss Mamie Hudson went to Topeka last Friday to attend a party.
—S. Steinberg, the King Clothier, called at the University November 1st.
—'79. S.M.Smith of Emporia spent several days in the city last week.
Prof. Trueblood of Kansas City was at the University Thursday morning.
-'85. B.K.Bruce has returned to the University and joined his class again.
—Misses Nettie Hubbard and Nellie Dow spent Sunday at their homes in Olathe.
Mr. E. A. Munsell, of the Council Grove Republican, was in the city last week.
Scott Markley of Hillsdale, a cousin of A.C.Markley, visited the University Friday.
Prof. Brownell was unable to meet his classes last Monday because of a severe cold.
—'87. H. H. Shawhan was initiated into the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity Saturday night.
—Supt. E. Stanley, of the city schools was up on Mt. Oread Monday morning showing a friend over the University.
'83. J.G. Smith came down from Kansas City Friday to attend the I.C. party given by Carlie Cockins and Maud Mansfield.
Rev. Scott of this city, and Prof. Ladd president of the University of New Mexico at Santa Fe, attended chapel services last Tuesday.
—'Twas rumored that Prof. Carruth went around with the boys Halloween to keep them out of mischief. If so, his success was remarkable.
Rev. Jones of Leavenworth, former pastor of the M.E. Church of this city, visited the University Friday and conducted the chapel services.
-- Miss Mattie Erb was unanimously elected secretary of the Oread society to fill the place made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Thacher.
-W. E.Higgins was so far recovered as to be able to come up and see his university friends Wednesday. He is now at home where he will remain the rest of the year.
—I. C. Long of Topeka, a graduate of the School of Oratory at Kansas City, visited Prof. Brownell's elocution class last Tuesday. Mr. Long has gone to Nashville, Tenn., to teach elocution.
—W. M. Thacher has resigned his position as secretary of the Oread society because he expected to be in New York city for a few weeks and could not attend to his duties.
—Geo. and Lincoln McMillan, two well known students, received the sad intelligence Monday morning of their father's death. He was murdered in Emporia last Saturday evening, but being in the depot yards was not found till late Sunday morning. Geo. and Lincoln went home Monday morning. They have the heart-felt sympathy of all the students at K.S.U.
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THE CORRIDORS.
THE CORRIDORS.
—Oct. 31!
—Halloween!
—Poor sign!
—Poorer fences!
- Poorest sidewalks!
— Hurrah for the guards!
—But where were the "cops?"
—Wounded fingers and sleepy eyes Thursday morning.
-Who was the Soph who went to sleep in class next day.
—The Orophilians are going to have a new bulletin board.
During the recent experience in "dodging cops," a Fresh succeeded in disguising himself by shaving his mustache. Fact.
Several of our professors are partially discontinuing the examination system, and judging a student's ability from his term work.
The old brass gong which has broken up so many tete a tetes' in the corridors has been replaced by a new silver toned, twenty dollar one.
The Junior Preps are going to get up a class party, which for expense and style will eclipse anything of the kind known in college history.
—H. B. Martin has succeeded to the doubtful honor of being called Little Willie. The first Little Willie is attending a Kindergarten in St. Louis.
--This conundrum is offered for the benefit of the participants in the "late war:" Why is the calaboose like a church fair? Because it costs nothing to go in but a great deal to get out.
The Kappa Alpha Theta girls will spend Thanksgiving at Junction City with their sisters, Miss Bartell and Miss Wright. It is needless to remark that a Wright good time is expected.
Halloween, Perry and Stout were seated at the table in their room hard at work over a game of authors, when a couple of brick bats through the window and on their heads notified them that the "gang" was out.
-Caldwell was called out Halloween with the painful news that a friend had been "run in." He hurried down town but found nothing to confirm the intelligence. Returning to his room he found his worldly goods stacked in the center and in a state of sad confusion.
--A reward of twenty-five dollars was offered by Steinberg for the conviction of those who destroyed his sign on Mount Oread. The University boys were justly indignant over a charge that it was the work of some of their number. It was probably cut down by some of his rivals.
A Freshman has a mustache. That is he thinks he has. Its remarkable improvement lately has excited much remark among his friends, and they asked to be told the secret charm which was rapidly bringing it out of light into darkness. The recipe he gave is old in substance, but one change which has been made will undoubtedly give efficiency. "Put cream upon the upper lip and let a KAT lick it off!" This will undoubtedly be a very popular remedy, and if the supply of cream holds out, mustaches will blossom out on many lips heretofore innocent of down.
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—The Kappa Alpha Thetas have rented a hall in Wood's new building.
APROPOS. In a peaceful New England village lived two promising lads, whose names—but the name of one is familiar to the whole civilized world, while that of the other cannot even be spelled out on his moss-covered tombstone. At the opening of that struggle which resulted so gloriously for the freedom of the human race, each noble youth marched with the conquering corps to the scene of action. At parting, the mother of one, with tears and kisses and fervent benediction, pressed into the hand of her son a small pocket Bible, in which her trembling hand hastily inscribed: "As a safeguard for my beloved son in his perilous path." The father of the other, however, took his son by the hand and remarked, "My boy, take with you to console your weary hours, this corkscrew; it will open for you the hearts (and the bottles) of many, and with its accessories will be a never failing solace. Good by, and a father's benison go with you." And on the day of battle when the leaden rain of bullets was falling thick and fast, one of these winged messengers of death, hissing through the startled air, struck the left coat-pocket wherein the bible of youth No. 1 lay ever enshrined—when not in active service. And the bullet pierced the cover, and the leaves, and the other cover, and rested not till buried in that chivalrous heart. And he died and was buried, and his grave is No. 156,432. But in the same action a murderous ball came straight to the left coat-pocket of youth No. 2, where reposed his well-beloved corkscrew, which had amply justified his father's prediction. And the ball on deadly errand sent struck this corkscrew and glanced off, and the youth remained unharmed.
ACT I.
We make it a practice to draw no inference.
Only a Fresh, how proudly he stood,
Only a Fresh, and swagger he wood.
Only a Fresh, yet people had seen,
Though his color was purple, he himself was all green.
ACT II.
Only a hall, well covered with pepper.
Only a ball, with many a stepper.
Only a Fresh, his mighty pride freezes.
Only a Fresh, he sneezes, he sneezes!
ACT III,
Only a Soph, only a meter. Only a Fresh, as hot as a heater. Only a Junior, as smiling he said, "The little Freshman should be in bed."
ACT IV.
Only a Fresh, his heart no more stout.
Only a Fresh, the gas it goes out!
Only a Fresh, for the good of the hop,
He, for protection, sends for the "cop."
ACT V.
Only a Fresh, his pride how it flew 1
Only a Fresh, calls for a "half stew."
Only a Fresh, as the curtain falls,
Swears he will have no more
"FRESHMEN BALLS,"
Call on Newmark and see his fine seal skin caps.
The Oreads have at last ordered a carpet, and a few weeks will see their hall very comfortably furnished.
-W. W. Fluke & Son are headquarters for all kinds of musical instruments, sheet music, books, etc.
The Oreads have been having excellent meetings, and are showing up finely in literary work.
—Gloves, gloves of all descriptions at Newmark's.
—It doesn't sometimes most always pay to be "enterprising,'"by giving descriptions of events before they occur.
For a nobby and stylish hat always go to Newmark's.
The faculty has its paternal eye on those students who have been "playing hookey" to go boat riding.
The Oread-Orophilian contest comes off December fifteenth.
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Only two silly Sophomores.
Only two harmless cranks,
Who quarrel in all their classes,
And together play sweet little pranks.
They carry red pepper and think,
The same as the Mickies of yore,
It is bright to break into a ball room
And scatter it over the floor.
But still there is hope for these darlings;
Their minds may yet hang by a thread,
That if tenderly nourished and strengthened,
May sustain the weight of such lead.
--A young lady of the "town" says she prefers university boys because they K.(i)S. U.
—If you want a nice tie, call on Newmark.
—The I. C.s had a "grub meeting," Halloween, at the residence of Miss Carlie Cockins. Rushmer's Cornet band favored them with a serenade. By this gathering the destruction of the sidewalks is satisfactorily accounted for.
For fine underwear, call at Newmark's.
Ex-Governor Robinson delivered the first lecture of the course in the chapel Tuesday evening. It was very interesting and entertaining, and "The Government of Topeka" was explained to the satisfaction of a large audience.
A full line of underwear at Bromel-sick's.
-Curdy is the masher of the Freshman class.
—Prof. Canfield's new Junior optional, Colonial History, has been a great success and will be a very popular study.
The Phi Gamma Deltas indulged in a fine supper last Saturday evening on the occasion of the initiation of H. H. Shawhan, of '87. This makes the seventh Freshman who has donned the royal purple this fall.
For gents' furnishing goods, call on Bromelsick.
—Caldwell was so interested in the election that he forgot the Junior party.
For fashionable ties, go to Bromelick's.
A number of students went home to vote. The Courier hopes they won.
-It becomes our painful duty to chronicle the death of C. E. Blackshere, a student some years ago, October 27, at his home in Elmdale, Kansas. After an illness of three weeks with typhoid fever, he was seized by an attack of blood-poisoning which was the immediate cause of his death. While here he endeared himself to all with whom he came in contact, and was distinguished for his energy, cheerfulness and kind heart. He was but twenty-five years old, and gave promise of a most honored manhood.
Last Tuesday evening the Junior class held their class party and reception at the home of G. M. Walker. There were about fifteen couples, all bent on having a good time and they certainly succeeded. The evening was pleasantly spent in dancing and other amusements, which only Juniors know how to "do up" in style. Supper was then announced and to say it was one of Harris' best is commendation enough. Dancing and conversation were then resumed until the hour of two, all too soon, gave warning that the evening's enjoyment must sometime close. The party was a success in every particular, and reflects great credit to '85.
The class of '85 met at the house of G.M. Walker last Thursday evening to enjoy an elegant class party. The arrangements were excellent and a most delightful time was had. The class is small but is noted for its prominence in every direction.
Bromelsick has all the newest designs in soft and stiff hats.
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—Miss Nettie Brown probably did not pass in trig.
—Why don't the Sophs have a class party? Come '86, speak up.
Some one ought to take the matter in hand and get up a dancing class.
Prof Snow's weather report came out early and looms up in its neat dress.
-- The Juniors are now inflicting the chapel attendants with their orations.
An old member of'83, G.A. Starky is studying medicine in Louisville, Kentucky.
—Miss Lizzie Wilder, of '82, came down from Abilene Saturday to visit the home folks.
-Leach will make his next chapel oration on "Wild Bill." This is to catch the Prep vote.
—Johnnie Steele is the proud possessor of a new suit of clothes, bought at Steinberg's.
The Junior class lose one of its best members by the withdrawal from college of Miss Nellie Griswold, on account of the ill health of her mother.
The Freshmen offered their aid to the Seniors in wearing plugs, against the Juniors and Sophomores. When the Seniors heard this they decided not to try the plugs.
Do not forget that you can get a discount of 25 per cent from the regular rates of tuition, in all of the five departments at the Business College evening school between this and the holidays.
In order to keep the comparative anatomy students from "skipping," Prof. Dyche has been accustomed to lock the laboratory door during the practice hour. The other day he went away and forgot to return to release the imprisoned Juniors, and the boys had to compromise their dignity by climbing over the transom.
The class of '87 has elected the following officers; President, F. H. Smiley; vice president, T. F. Doran; secretary, Miss Oliver; poet, Miss Pratt; master of athletics, Bent Moore; sargeants-at-arms, Daniel Cornelius Kennedy and Fred Holmes Bowersock.
The day after Halloween, when warrants had been issued for the arrest of several of the boys, Spangler, Miller and J. B. Lippincott, went to Topeka, Leach and Templin to Baldwin, and Dr. Lippincott to Kansas City. This is a pointer for Steinberg.
The representatives of our Oratorical Association have visited Washburn and Baker, and report the boys there giving hearty support. Emporia also gives assurance of her presence at the contest. The contest here will probably be in February, the state contest in March.
BEATTY'S ORGANS. The Hon. John Hill, member of Congress of Boonton, N.J., accompanied by his wife, visited the Beatty Organ Factory at Washington, New Jersey, on Thursday last. He expressed himself as not only gratified, but astonished, at the extent and activity of Mayor Beatty's organ works. The prejudice which every young business man has to confront whose success is rapidly achieved is giving way before Mayor Beatty, and his wonderful business capacity is coming to be generally recognized and acknowledged. We clip the following editorial from last week's Christian at Work:
"Hon. Daniel F. Beatty, whose indefatigable pluck has raised him from a poor boy to a reputed fortune of half a million, is an example of what can be done by fair dealing and persistent effort. He has the largest organ factory in the country, and makes from 50 to 60 instruments daily." Washington Star.
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If you think that the Business College is not known outside of Lawrence and Douglas Co., read a few of the many unsolicited press notices attached hereto.
The classes in short-hand writing at the Business College were never larger than at the present time. Hours of instruction from 7 to 9, four evenings each week. Price per term of three months $15.00.
The Business College now occupies the entire third story of the National Bank building, and judging from the elegant new desks and furniture that has been lately purchased, the number of students (190) and the cheering reports, we have no hesitation in announcing through the columns of the Courier that the College is by far the best in the west. Messrs. Boor and McIlrvary are to be congratulated on the success they have attained in placing their institution in the front rank.
—The Normal Literary Society met Friday afternoon with a full attendance of members. The following programme was rendered : Essay—Books—Eva Halsted; declamation —The Village Blacksmith —Martha Thompson; reading—The Voyage Mr. Fields; essay—Power of ThoughtMr. Billingsly; reading, J.C.Hall. After recess the question, Resolved, That the execution of Charles I was justifiable, was debated with much interest. Mr. Casad and M.E.Pierson supported the affirmative; E.C. Cowdrick and Mr.Creygo the negative. Judges decided in favor of the affirmative. Next Friday Prof.Miller will address the society.
It is pretty definitely established that the destruction of Steinberg's sign was not the work of students, and there is a great deal of feeling over the arrest of two undoubtedly innocent men. The accused asked an immediate trial, but the defense said they were not ready and the trial was set for next Saturday. Although we believe the cutting of the sign was wrong, we do not think that innocent parties should be kept under suspicion, and put to trouble in the name of justice.
LATER.—Mr. Steinberg becoming satisfied of the innocence of the arrested parties, had the suit dismissed at his cost.
The reception tendered the active members of the I. C. Sorosis and their gentlemen friends, Friday, Oct. 26, by Misses Carlie Cockins and Maud Mansfield, at the residence of the former, was one of the most enjoyable events of the season. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather the invited guests arrived at an early hour and soon were tripping the fleeting hours away to music furnished by Prof. Lehman. At 11 o'clock supper was announced, and twenty couples or more did it justice. And such a supper! We forbear; our pen cannot do it justice. The fact that it was under the supervision of the I. C.s speaks louder than words of our. After supper dancing was again resumed, and quickly sped the "wee sma' hours agant the twae." Conversation and gayety did not lag during the whole evening, for everybody knew everybody else, and this fact in addition to the exertions of the hostess, render this an impossibility. "Ye" chronicler left, feeling, with the others present, that the two young ladies "did it up" in fine style, and that we could stand it to be the lucky man at least once per week. BETA.
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MERCHANT TAILORS. For First Class Work and latest Stylet go to KUNKEL & ROCKLUND, Over Steinberg's Dry Goods Store.
GRANT & PIATT, DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy Groceries.
GOODS ALWAYS FRESH.
Special Attention paid to Students' Clubs.
If in need of anything in our line you can get
BARGAINS at 118 Massachusetts Street.
CITY SCHOOL BOOKS AT Kansas Paper Store.
JOHN DALEY,
JOHN DALEY,
Merchant Tailor,
Winthrop St., opposite Opera House.
A full line of Cloths constantly on hand. A per- perfect fit every time.
PERSHALL'S RESTAURANT And Dining Room.
MILLARD & COOPER, Billiard Parlors 60 Massachusetts St.
J. J. JARMAIN,
Official butcher to the University Dining Clubs, is now to be found at STAR MEAT MAKET, Corner Massachusetts and Adams Street.
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Kunkel & Rocklund, the Champion Tailors.
No.28 New Hampshire Street.
F. W, JAEDICKE,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
Guns, Rifles and Pistols,
Amunition, Fishing Tackle, Pocket Knives, &c
74 Massachusetts, St. --- LAWRENCE, KAN.
Scotford's Portraits
The best Photographic productions in the city. 715 Main St., KANSAS CITY.
GO TO NO. 90 MASSACHUSETTS STREET For a Good Shave and Hair Cut. THE BEST BARBERS IN THE CITY. MARK ANTHONY, Prop'r.
TELLEY
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN
By the use of VITALIZED AIR.
J.E. GEROULD,
DENT ST.
OVER TWENTY-ONE
YEARS EXPERIENCE.
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No. 618 Main Street.
KANSAS CITY, MO.
P. ULRICKSON, STOVES.
STOVES.
as and Steam Fitting, Tinware. Job Work done promptly. 137 Massachusetts Street.
STUDENTS,REMEMBER!
Latest Styles of Boots and Shoes AT BOYD'S,
House's New Block
CHAS. CHADWICK.
Insurance Agent,
77 Massachusetts Street.
STEELE & BELL, L. S. STEELE PETER BELL Attorneys, Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Agents. Office on Henry, west of Mass. St.
DR. S. B. ANDERSON,
Office over Field and Evans' Store,
Patronage Solicited. Massachusetts Street.
JOHN CHARLTON Fire and Tornado Insurance. Office over Leis' Drug Store.
R. MORRIS, M.D.
Office on Henry St., west of Mass. St.
JOHN PUNTON, M. D.,
Lawrence, Kan. Office in connection with Dr.F.D.Morse, over Woodward's Drug Store.
V. G. MILLER,
Physician and Surgeon. Office over A. Marks' Jewelry Store.
J. D. PATTERSON,
DENTIST. Office over Woodward's Drug Store.
DR. F. H. WILSON,
DENTIST.
First Class Work and Moderate Charges. .35 Massachusetts St., LAWRENCE, KAN.
W. H. LAMON,
PHOTOGRAPHER, 125 Massachusetts Street.
G. PETERSON,
SHOEMAKER. Repairing Neatly Done. Second door back of McCurdy Block.
SAM WALKER
Will furnish Rigs at reasonable rates. Stable on North Massachusetts St.
PAT $ _{b}^{2} $ HAMLIN
Furnishes Fine Rigs at Student's Prices. Stable just East of Post Office.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
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; DEPARTMENTS:
Collegiate, Preparatory, Musical, Law, Normal, Medicine, Civil Engineering.
FACULTY:
JOSHUA A. LIPPINCOTT, A.M., D.D., President Mental and Moral Philosophy.
FRANK H. SNOW, A.M., Ph.D. Natural History.
DAVID H. ROBINSON, A.M., Latin Language and Literature.
EPHRAIM MILLER, A. M., S.. Mathematics.
'E. H. S. BAILEY, Ph.D., Chemistry, Mineralogy and Metallurgy,
JAMES H. CANFIELD, A.M., History and Political Science.
KATE STEPHENS, A. M., Greek Language and Literature.
FRANK O. MARVIN, A. M., Civil Engineering and Drawing.
EDWARD L. NICHOLS, Ph.D., Physics, Astronomy.
For General Information, address
P. J. WILLIAMS, A. M., D. D.,
Dean of Normal Department.
LEVERETT W. SPRING, A. B.,
English Literature, Rhetoric, Belles Lettres and Logic
WILLIAM A. CARRUTH, A. M.,
German and French Languages and Literature.
ARTHUR G. CANFIELD, A. M.,
Instructor in German and French.
M. W. STERLING, A. B.,
Instructor in Latin and Greek.
L. L. DYCHE,
Assistant in Natural History.
W. B. BROWNELL, A. B.,
Elocution and English.
RICHARD A. LEHMAN,
Instructor in Music.
J. W. GREEN,
Dean of Law Department.
MARCUS SUMMERFIELD,
Instructor. Law Department.
W. C. SPANGLER, Clerk.
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J. HOUSE, The Popular Clothier!
Grand array of attractions in Men's, Youths', Boys', and Children's Clothing. New styles for Fall and Winter now ready for you. Absolute perfection in fabric, fit, and durability, guaranteed. You may be sure of the latest and best! You may count on the lowest prices. Come right now and get a quadruple bargain.
1st bargain, Best Style; 2nd bargain, Finest Fabric; 3rd bargain, Perfect Fit; 4th bargain, Lowest Prices.
J. HOUSE, - - - - 79 Mass. St.
RUTTER BROTHERS,
Rubber Stamps and Stencils
SEE THEIR LINEN MARKERS.
Under Moak's Billiard Parlors,
LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
STUDENTS,
Buy Your Groceries OF ENDSLEY JONES.
C. L. EDWARDS, DEALER IN
Hard and Soft Coals. OFFICE 143 MASSACHUSETTS ST.
A. WHITCOMB, FLORIST.
Corner Warren and Tennessee Streets LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
MRS. GIBBS & DAUGHTERS
Invite old and new friends to inspect their fine stock of
MILLINERY GOODS. Over Newmark's Store.
OVER NEWMARK'S STORE. Mrs. Gibbs is an experienced trimmer.
W. CRUM, Dealer in
STOVES, TINWARE
Gas, Steam and Water Fitting, Roofing Guttering, Heavy Sheet Iron Work, Hose, Gas Pipe, Brass Goods, &c. Job Work promptly done. 180 Massachusetts Street LAWRENCE, KAN.
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
ALSO, THE ESTEY SEWING MACHINE.
The Lowest Prices. Goods Warranted. Call and see me.
CHARLES P. McCOY,
East side Massachusetts Street, - - - - Lawrence, Kansas.
C. WICKS & CO.
Will make low figures to all who wish to buy Groceries and Provisions, Flour, Feed, &c.
84 Massachusetts Street.
C. A. PEASE & SON,
Dealers in all kinds of
Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish and Oysters. Sole agents for Booth's Oysters. 140 Mass. Street.
Hamilton! Hamilton! Is Headquarters for anything in the line of Photography.
STUDENTS, call and I will guarantee satisfaction. HAMILTON,- - Opposite "Round Corner" Drug Store.
BEATTY
FAMOUS BEETHOVEN.
10 Sets Reeds, 27 Stops, Price $125 Largest Organ Establishment on the Globe. VISITORS ARE WELCOME Address or Call upon the Manufacturer, Daniel F. Beatty, Washington, New Jersey
J. M. & LUCY TAYLOR. First-class Dentist Work Opposite Round Corner Drug Store.
RAZORS GROUND AND STENCILS CUT. W. P. RANDALL, Over Hoene's Cigar Store.
HOENE, DEALER IN First-class Cigars and Tobacco, 135 Massachusetts Street.
F. G. ALFORD, Dealer in Hardware, Stoves and Tinware No.28 Massachusetts St., LAWRENCE. - KANSAS, Barb Wire at Very Low Rates.
C. M. STONE & CO., Dealers in Hard and Soft Coal. Office No. 160 Massachusetts Street. WITH BUTLER & ALEXANDER.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS
SOLD BY ALL DEALERSTHROUGHOUT THE WORLD GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXPOSITION-1878.
A. G. MENGER,
82 Massachusetts Street,
Cordially invites students and teachers, as well as everybody else, to take a look at his stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Thanking for all past favors, he asks a continuance of the same.
STUDENTS ATTENTION!
You will always find the newest and largest assortment of
Millinery and Fancy Goods
At MISSES A. & C. MUGLER,
No. 113 Massachusetts Street.
PORTE-DE-MUSIQUE
PIANOS & ORGANS.
W. W. LAPHAM.
717 MAIN ST.,
Kansas City,
MISSOURI,
The Best Goods! The Lowest Prices!
Decker Bros..
Mathushek,
Story & Camp.
Pianos.
Estey,
Story & ,Camp,
Organs.
Western Agent for the Dentaphone for the Deaf.
Send for Catalogue.
METTNER. THE PHOTOGRAPHER 79 Massachusetts Street. THE STUDENT'S POPULAR ARTIST.
W. M. CULBERTSON, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Hard Coal, Soft Coal, PIEDMONT SMITHING COAL, Office 110 Massachusetts St.
CONGRESS RESTAURANT
We Manufacture fine Cream Candies, also keep Fruits and Confectionery. Oysters in season.
WILSON & NELSON. - 73 Massachusetts St.
PALMER & GRIFFIN Dealers in Coal and Wood,
Office 1st door south of M. E. Church.
Turkish Bath!
Reduced Rates to Students.
Opposite Lawrence House.
FALL. 1883.
TEMPLE OF FASHION
THE FINEST SUITS IN KANSAS
ARE MADE BY
McCONNELL
THE TAILOR.
63 Massachusetts Street.
THE POPULAR BARBERS HARRIS & MURPHY. Opposite Mason's Shoe Store.
[Established 1870]
CONOVER BROTHERS,
BACH. PIANO.
BROTHERS,
MANUFACTURERS OF
FIRST CLASS
613 Main St. KANSAS CITY.
UPRIGHT and SQUARE PIANOS.
Publishers of Music and Music Books. Jobbers in Musical Merchandise.
General Agents for "Steinway & Sons" and "J. & C. Fischer" Pianos. "Geo Woods & Co." "Burdett," and "Shoninger" Organs.
235 E. 21st St.,
NEW YORK.
C. W. STRAFFON, Prescription Druggist.
AMONG THE MULTITUDE OF STYLES
IN
Fine Overcoats and Suits
This season, we desire to call particular attention to our splendid assort ment. While other houses may have equally as good, you certainly must be aware of the fact that our assortment is the
LARCEST IN THIS STATE.
Of course, here it is no trouble to find an Overcoat or Suit to please you. Please remember that our garments are made to compete with the
BEST CUSTOM WORK,
and that our large and constantly increasing sales enable us to offer them at surprisingly low prices.
Trusting that you will pay us a visit, we are,
Yours truly,
STEINBERG, King Clothier.
NIVERSITY
1883.
The Fortnight ... PAGE 101
O, Painter of the Fruits and Flowers—John G. Whittier ... 103
Thanksgiving ... 103
Civil Service Reform ... 104
To the Class of '87 ... 107
Editorial ... 108
Views ... 111
Normal ... 112
Scientific ... 113
Swaps ... 115
Personal ... 116
The Corridors ... 117
H. A.CUTLER PRINTER, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
For Nobby HATS and TIES go to NEWMARK'S.
S. T. FIELD,
(Successor to BATES & FIELD.)
Bookseller and Stationer,
99 Massachusetts Street.
Would respectfully call the attention of STUDENTS to his very large and complete stock of
UNIVERSITY TEXT BOOKS
STATIONERY SUPPLIES,
AND ARTISTS' MATERIALS,
Which he offers at the lowest living prices. The paper for the COURIER is furnished by S. T. FIELD.
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STUDENTS
Can save the jobber's profit by buying of the manufacturer
The Famous, 151 Massachusetts St.
Our Merchant Tailoring is the best beyond doubt ever in Lawrence.
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LETTY HUDSONS.
THE NEW CHEMICAL BUILDING.
The building, as can be seen from the engraving, is in the form of a T. That part extending east and west is $ 8 0 \frac{1}{2} $ by 35 feet; and that part extending north and south is 40 feet square. The basement or ground floor rooms are 12 feet in the clear; the second floor rooms are 23 feet in the clear. The lecture room is to be seated in the amphitheatre style, and all rooms are to be fitted up with the newest of chemical furniture. See editorial.
D A B C
GROUND FLOOR PLAN.
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN.
A. Wash Room.
A. Fire Assay Room.
B. Lecture Room.
C. Store Room.
B. Store Room.
C. Metallurgical and Blow Pipe Laboratory.
D. Wet Assay Room.
D. Specialists Laboratory.
E. Balanca Room.
F. Professor's Office.
G. Qualitative Laboratory.
H Porch.
H. Porch.
I. Stairway.

The University Courier.
Vol. II. NOVEMBER 25, 1883. No. 6.
THE FORTNIGHT.
Some one has said, "It is very easy to be charitable—with good advice." The editor of this department is reminded of that little remark after each issue. One time there will be growls because the department contains nothing but dramatic notices, at another, because we fail to comment on some variety show, or company of hamfatters and barn-stormers. The athletic student wants us to write on base-ball, the politician suggests as good subjects the "Chili-Peruvian peace," or the "Ohio elections" or "Tariff" or "Recent decisions of the Supreme Court" or "The Edmunds Law." Now as we want to please everyone we will make this proposition. Write a brief letter setting forth your views as to the manner in which this department should be conducted. In our next issue we will publish as many of them as our space will permit. This is a student's paper and we desire the opinions of the students on this subject. Address the editor.
There has been a great deal said of late about the lack of drill in elocution in the University. Students are demanding so much more instruction in the art of speaking than the regular professor can give, that
nearly two hundred are in the down town classes. This is all very well; to be able to express our thoughts easily and with force is a very good thing, but let us not lose the substance in hunting for the shadow. Let us not put manner above matter, delivery above thought. Some say that however good the matter, if the manner is not also good the speech has no effect; some even go so far as to declare that delivery is more than thought. You will also hear that in a contest the oration poorly written but well delivered will beat the one well written but poorly delivered. This is sometimes the case, but the fault is in lack of thorough conviction and earnestness. We have never yet seen the man who heartily believed and was really in earnest in what he wished to say, that failed to speak both forcibly and well. We always think of that passage in Faust:
Mit wenig Kunst sich selber vor;
Und wenn's euch Ernst ist, was zu sagen,
Ist's noethig, Worten nachzujagen ?
Ja, eure Rede, die so blinkend sind,
In denen ihr der Menschheit Schnitzel kraeuselt,
Sind unerquicklich wie der Nebelwind,
Der herbstlich durch die duerren Blactter saeuselt."
That is the trouble with many of these orations, more wind than thought.
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"Lights o' London"' has the reputation of being a successful play, and a large audience turned out to see it here. The play is based on the old and hackneyed story of a disinherited son and a concealed will, with the addition of a number of comic parts. Squire Armytage, his son Harold, his nephew Clifford, and the old family servant Marks, are all of the conventional and stage English type. In the comic parts the author has evidently studied Dickens to advantage.
In the Jarvis family we recognize our old friends, the Crummles, and the idea for most of the other comic parts can be found in Dickens. Some of these parts seem to be put in only to fill up, for they are wholly useless and help on the action in no way whatever.
As a whole, however, the play is well worth seeing. The scenery is the best we have ever seen on this stage. Particularly good are London-road scene, and the river at night. In the serious parts Miss Viola Roseborough as Bess Marks, is easily the first of the ladies. Miss Carrie Lee as Hetty Preene, barring a little rant, was also good. William Lee and W.A. Sands as Harold and Clifford Armytage, played well. None of these is anything extraordinary, but they all played evenly and supported each other well, so that a good effect was produced. Frank Padgett as Seth Preene, shows good and careful work; he is, in our judgment, by odds the most talented man in the company. In the comic parts, Daniel Hemple, Mrs. Sands and Miss Leonard as Jo, Eliza and Shakespeare Jarvis, are very funny.
We think the play owes its deserved success to the humor of its comic scenes, to the goodness of its scenery, and to the uniform, though not high, excellence of its serious parts. It is certainly pleasanter for an audience to see a whole company of
fairly good actors, than one or two stars wretchedly supported.
Divorce is not a very good play in the first place and the performance by the Jane Coombs company made it worse. The play is after the school of Robertson, where talk takes the place of action, but the talk in Divorce is by no means as good as in Caste. Jane Coombs' acting reminded us of that military second in the duel in Chas. Reed's Christie Johnstone. This gentleman looked as though he had swallowed all the ramrods in the company, and then not feeling sure of his dignity, had bolted the mess-room poker.
That is how Jane Coombs looked to us. The rest of the actors were only mediocre.
We have received the November number of the Beta Theta Pi. The literary excellence of this magazine was something of a surprise to us. The articles of general interest are "The First Latin Renaissance," and "Harvard." Most of the other matter is of interest to the fraternity only. We extract the following by Chambers Baird, Jr., as a specimen of Beta poetry;
HEINE.
A strange white swan, who in a wearied flight
Sped over lands and seas, and overhung
With maim'd, worn pinions, the abodes of light
Whence he was exile. And the while he sung
A wild, sad melody, wherein despair
Was ever link'd with wondrous sweetness rare,
Whose tender, haunting strains echoed his wrong;
A death-song lasting as the stricken life was long.
Messrs. G. and C. Merriam, publishers of Webster's Unabridged, have sent us a copy of the latest edition of that dictionary, with Denison's Index. For general reference we know of none better, and scarcely of one equal to Webster. Every student should have a good English dictionary. The experience of many years leads us to chose Webster.
O PAINTER OF THE FRUITS AND FLOWERS.
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LITERARY.
O PAINTER OF THE FRUITS AND FLOWERS!
O Painter of the fruits and flowers! We thank thee for thy wise design, Whereby these human hands of ours In Nature's garden work with thine.
And thanks that from our daily need The joy of simple faith is born; That he who smites the summer weed May trust thee for the autumn corn.
Give fools their gold and knaves their power, Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; Who sows a field, or trains a flower, Or plants a tree, is more than all.
For he who pleases most is blest;
And God and man shall own its worth.
Who toils to leave at his bequest,
An added beauty to the earth.
And soon or late to all that sow
The time of harvest shall be given;
The flowers shall bloom, the fruit shall grow,
If not on earth at last in heaven,
J. G. WHITTIER
THANKSGIVING.
Once more the revolving year has reached in its course the last days of autumn. Indian summer, with its soft hazy days, has fled at the approach of winter. The nuts have all been gathered and the yellow light has gone from the woods. The last red leaf is whirling in the gusty air. The harvest is gathered; the granaries are filled; the land is garrisoned with abundance.
Now draws on that most genial and kindly of all our festivals. Thanksgiving is wholly American, purely Puritan, a triumph of Puritan humanity and christianity over strict creeds and observances. Now comes the wonderful dinner, for which preparations have so long been making, led by thanksgiving turkey, "of higher gifts a quaint reminder."
Vacant places make sad some of these gatherings. From the old home some have gone to try the fortune of this world, some
the fortune of an unknown world. But in the main, cheerfulness, even jollity, reigns. Thanksgiving is not the day for morbid sadness or repining, although mirth may be sobered by thoughts of the absent.
"Nay, repine not. Let our laughter Leap like firelight up again. Soon we touch the wide hereafter Snow-field yet untrod of men."
Our fathers are thankful for life, food, shelter, and religious liberty. And what are the causes of our thankfulness? Harvest of fruits and flowers and golden grain, a land free from war or pestilence, civil and religious liberty, opportunities to learn and profit by the thought and experience of past ages, opportunities to find out truth for ourselves.
Rich in blessings and reverend in years may good old Thanksgiving last with the continent, an ever-recurring proof of American peace and prosperity.
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CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
"Progress in the science of government has been slow and painful, but it has been gradually for the better from the dawn of civilization to the present hour. Down through many dynasties of absolute or limited monarchies and of aristocracies, the reign of one or the rule of the few, have we come at last to representative democracy, the approximate sovereignty of the people. Absolutism is dying out and republicanism is dawning in the Old World. In this country progress has been rapid if not regular in the same direction; but its continuance is threatened by the development of vicious methods of party control."
Press and pulpit, statesman and politician demand some change. Election frauds, cipher despatches, corruption, bribery, startle the nation. The civil service as now managed forms a grand national lottery in which the prizes are public offices. "To the victor belong the spoils," is now the leading principle in American politics. For the first forty years after the adoption of the constitution but seventy-four removals from office were made; one hundred thousand men are now turned out and put in whenever a change is made in the national executive. Office-seeking is now a business followed with as great attention to personal profit and advancement as any other, not excepting journalism or the ministry. President Lincoln just after his election wrote, "I am now receiving one sixth of the nation which wants to live at the expense of the other five-sixths.
Mr. Windom, secretary of treasury, said : "In the last one hundred days, a few thousand men in search of office have taken nineteenths of the time of the President and his Cabinet. This time is due to the fifty millions of people, rather than to office-seekers."
These are but typical instances. It may
be conceded that the imperfections of our civil service as it stands has been sometimes overstated, yet no one can fail to see that the present system (?) is, and in the nature of things must be very defective. The theory of the constitution is to separate legislative and executive authority; all legislative power granted being vested in Congress, and the executive being vested in the President.
But the spoils system tends to entirely destroy this distinction. It weakens the Executive, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Senators and members of the House of Representatives must be constantly placing themselves under obligations to the President in order to obtain appointments for their constituents, while the President in his turn must often make unworthy appointments in order to obtain legislative support. In this way matters of legislation and of appointments have been drawn into demoralizing relations. The people are deprived of the best and highest services of those in position of honor and trust, and a candidate's qualifications are now made to depend not upon ability and integrity, but upon the chance of his procuring political patronage.
This political patronage and power has a most injurious effect upon the future success of him who wields it. This is true not only in the case of party leaders but also in regard to men of a lower grade of ability Every appointment makes one friend and numerous enemies.
Gladstone is quoted as exulting in the fact that he held within his patronage only the appointment of his own private secretary.
Aided by party power and patronage persons frequently obtain positions for which they are entirely unfitted and which they would have been powerless to obtain had
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not strong political influence been exerted in their behalf. Offices were created and officers appointed for the public good, for the benefit of the whole people, and not for one party or a president and his friends. He who is best qualified, who can and will serve the people most usefully, has the highest claim and should receive the appointment over other applicants.
The peculiar manner in which places in the government service are secured, has a most injurious effect upon the people at large. Great numbers of men, young and old, are demoralized at the sight of the prizes seemingly so dependent upon favoritism. Those of middle age are unfitted for any steady occupation, while many young men with considerable reason are accustomed to think of government employment and promotion as the one exception to all healthy rules-things to be won by plotting and trickery and luck. The uncertainty in continuances in office produces a class of third-rate office-seekers and offers little inducement to an honest man to become proficient in his occupation.
The civil service of our kindred across the water is now a worthy example to all. Competitive examinations are held in all branches. When the ruling party goes out of power removals are made only in the active members of government. The compensation is moderate but the situation is sure, and there are pensions for old age or disability. Statesmen of both parties agree that it is a success, and the whole nation is determined never to go back to the old system.
Some of the best political thinkers attempting to look into the future, fear that serious contests will be aroused through bitterness of partisanship, and it has been said that if our country is ever again torn by civil dissensions, this will come through the devotion of political parties to the rival candidates to the presidency.
The many individual interests concerned in these presidential contests form great temptations to greed and fraud. Many believe that the presidency itself was on sale in 1876. Joseph Cook says: "Political prizes in the United States are now greater than they ever were in the Roman Empire, and are doubling in fatness and value every thirty years. Caesar, Antony, and Lepidus, were never tempted by spoils as alluring as will dazzle and perhaps derange the American political future."
Besides the corruption in politics and the undeserved appointments of which this system is to a great extent the cause, worthy and capable officers under the government are often treated most unjustly.
The Pendleton bill recently passed by congress is the only measure yet presented which claims to give a clear and intelligible path out of these difficulties.
It is democratic in tendency. The service is now thrown open to the whole people on the simple test, merit. Under this merit system the government seeks and rewards the most worthy; rejects intrigues and refuses to be overborne by threats or persuasions; encourages education and invites young men and women to seek places in its service on the strength of their own qualifications and not through subserviency to influential politicians.
It will relieve the president, cabinet ministers, senators and members of congress, from the constant annoyance of office-seekers and give them more time to devote to the interests of the nation.
It relieves politics of one of the main sources of corruption. It will doubtless lengthen the tenure of elected officers, enabling them to acquire more experience and to use it better. It will remove a great source of demoralization.
It will give us great results in the field of education.In all educational institutions
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throughout the land there will come an increased demand for thorough instruction in view of these competitive examinations.
Many objections are urged against this measure; most of the arguments used seem of little value. Theoretically this measure seems a good one—only time can prove it. If there are evils under the new system, certainly the evils at present existing are much greater. It is sometimes necessary that a public evil should run its course and show its worst form to the public. The civil service of the United States seems to have advanced sufficiently in its downward course. The friends of the spoils system have all along had on their side that which is worth much argument, habit. The American people have grown used to the spoils system. No youth or middle-aged man remembers any other. Most men, who have never given the subject any special attention, do not think of any other as possible. Politicians have relied, with good reason, on a powerful and prolonged resistance from popular habits to any attempt at change.
Carl Schurz says: "A very large majority of professional politicians of both parties continue to hate civil service reform with a sincere and robust hatred because it threatens to spoil their business, to throw most of their arts out of the market and to deprive them of their plunder. But as the movement grows steadily in favor with public opinion they have discovered that there is a popular demand to satisfy. Many of them who still hate it at heart as much as they ever did, now profess to be themselves in favor of some sort of reform, which they pretend to be able to accomplish with their own methods. Much of this profession is that kind of hypocrisy which is called a tribute paid by vice to virtue. It is certainly not genuine virtue, but the mere fact that vice recognizes the necessity of paying
tribute to virtue is a valuable sign of progress."
Through the success of this movement nothing would be lost to a party but partisan spoils—opportunities of removals without cause and of appointments without merit-money pillaged from the servants of the people and votes bribed by the promises of places. True party vitality will be strengthened rather than enfeebled; political contests will turn upon great principles and will be decided by appeals to the reason and conscience of the people.
Leaders are needed. What statesman shall be the champion of this great movement? Speeches, discussions, sermons are needed. Tongue, pen and press are responsible for a mighty, great influence for good or evil. Clergymen and teachers especially, should support this system. "It is time that the ministry of the United States should rise to its feet and declare its right to be heard on the terrific evil of election frauds."
But most of all is needed the hearty cooperation of the people at large. The people themselves share with their rulers the infamy of the iniquitous life and doings of this system. They alone can put it to death. It is a work which challenges the wisdom, the courage, and the perseverance of our greatest public men, and of our most patriotic and virtuous citizens. Let the leaders do their duty and the masses will never be wanting in theirs. They have never been wanting hitherto.
All the historical work of the John Hopkins University is of especial value, and students are now enjoying a rare opportunity in hearing a course of lectures on the relation of history to politics, given by Dr. H. von Holtz, of Germany, whose work on constitutional history recently excited such wide comment.
TO THE CLASS OF 187.
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TO THE CLASS OF '87.
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READ IN FRESHMAN CLASS MEETING NOV.2,1883.
Which I'm living now in Lawrence and my name is Truthful James, And I think that now's the proper time to tell about the games. Of the gay and festive members of the class of Eighty-seven Who, when they graduate, will be in the (eighty-) seventh heaven.
We met last May to organize, and we met with great success. And on the whole with harmony, although I must confess That once or twice, it seemed to me, some tempers were mislaid But still, no lives were sacrificed—no tombstones have been made.
We elected all our officers, and I was glad to see That no one raised the frantic cry, "Corruption! bribery!" But anent the class' motto up rose a tearful wail. O, did the whale swallow Jonah, or did Jonah swallow the whale?
Well, all that is past and over and we've met here once again. And according to the contract I'm to wield my humble pen To record your gallant struggles and record the proud success Which should come to crown those struggles,and your weary souls to bless.
But, the class is in its infancy; it has not lived so long That it has furnished incident to celebrate in song; "We have," is not developed yet; I turn me to "We will;" But now I hear the class's voice exclaiming "You do ill!
"We will," belongs to prophesy, and you were made class poet; "We hired a prophet for that work, and think you ought to know it. "So keep you to your proper sphere, and let the prophet's be, "Your own is large enough for you—too large, we plainly see."
I stand corrected; be it so; one theme is left me still,
What is the class? a worthy theme, a poet's verse to fill!
E'en here I find an obstacle; I have so much to say
That, should I tell you all I would, 'twould last a summer's day.
For, I would praise this one—and this—and that one, over there; Would laud the one who ably fills our presidential chair; Would mourn the new arrivals, and express our proud delight In those who've turned their backs on us and given up the fight.
No, No! I didn't read that right; it doesn't go that way— That's just directly opposite to what I meant to say: For we mourn each old friend absent, and for ev'ry new one here We've a welcome and a hand-shake, and a word of hearty cheer.
And one word of admonition, if you'll take it not amiss For the welfare of the country is, perhaps, concerned in this; So I charge you, by the duty that you owe your native land. Even in impromptu meetings let the constitution stand.
Well, I wont detain you longer, for I see you feel the need Of what one accomplished member not inaptly terms "a feed." And I know from observation that all classes are by rights. (And this class is no exception) furnished with good appetites.
May all jollity attend you! but, I make it my request That in counting friendly wishes you'll put mine among the rest May all the highest honors to each of us be given. And may each of us be foremost in the class of Eighty-seven.
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EDITORIAL.
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G. M. WALKER, '85.
E. E. RITCHIE, '86. Views.
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UP AGAIN.
The sorrow expressed by students last summer at the removal of Dr. Marvin from the chancellorship of the University, will find a corresponding joy at his recent appointment to the superintendency of the Indian school here. We have before expressed our high appreciation of his work as friend, guide and instructor of the students. We cannot but believe that the administration of his new trust will be fully as exemplary.
The Lawrence Indian school will be one of great importance. A system of Indian education in the west has been a favorite idea of Secretary Teller and he has expressed a special interest in the welfare of the school at this place. Heretofore the Indian youths have been taken to Carlisle, Pa., for training. It has been said that the people of the west are hostile to Indian education. It is claimed that this, together with the close
proximity of the Territory, will operate against western institutions. Consequently the experiment here will be watched with much interest.
Every facility has been offered in the way of accommodations. There are three large, stout buildings, all to be heated by steam. The center one is to be used for school work, and those at the sides as dormitories. The training will be mostly of an industrial kind, including domestic, agricultural and mechanical labor. The superintendency of such an institution, in its infancy, will require a peculiar ability and tact. Under Dr. Marvin's management the school can hardly be otherwise than successful.
Owing to the overcrowded condition of the physiology class, Prof. Snow has this year excluded all students who are not required to take the study. This leaves only the regular Juniors and third year Normals. Considering the small proportion of students who reach the Junior year, and the general importance of physiology as a study, we think it should be placed lower in the course. To the average person a knowledge of the human body is of almost as much importance as that of weeds or flowers.
AMERICAN LITERATURE.
Prof. Spring has applied to the Regents for the insertion of American Literature, as a study, in the English Department. Cornell has a professorship of American Literature, but with the exception of this institution it is little taught in our colleges. Kansas University is taking a foremost place in the study of subjects pertaining strictly to America.
Lawrence has become the educational center of the west. It has the University the Business College, the Idiotic Asylum and the Indian School. You pay your money and take your choice.
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HOG-WASH.
"One student of our State University was filled with birdshot while howling on Hallowe'en, and two others were arrested for their depredations. A freshman ball was broken up by the sophomores, who scattered red pepper on the floor. It seems, with all the boasted reforms lately, that the manners of the young gentlemen are not improving."
The above, originally from the Atchison Champion, we believe, has been going the rounds of the state press with such comment as these: "This is the way students in the State University are making their mark," and "Nihilism is taking a practical form." To use a favorite expression of the Champion, all this is "hog-wash." In the first place no student was shot or even shot at; in the second place the case against the two students arrested was withdrawn at the cost of the complainant, there being no proof against them; and in the third place no Freshman ball was broken up by the Sophomores. Occasionally our students perpetrate a joke. They wouldn't be students if they didn't. There is, however, less rowdyism here than at any university east or west, including the various high schools called "colleges" scattered over the prairies. There has never been a case of hazing at this place. We venture the assertion that there is not a town with a dozen boys in the state, where there are not more pranks played every month than the students play here in the course of a whole year.
A NEW FEATURE.
The Normal Literary Society has adopted and successfully carried out a feature of society work original with themselves. Each week a short lecture is given by a professor on some line of study connected with his department. The subjects chosen have
been of common interest and have been free from the technical terms which render so many of these lectures uninteligible to the general student. In point of instruction and entertainment they have been far superior to the mass of lectures given in the regular University course and infinitely ahead of certain individual ones we might mention. The Normals are to be congratulated on the success they have made of their new feature.
The present college year has opened with an amount of gaiety unusual for even the gayest of our gay students. Dancing, theatres, parties, roller skating, excursions, athletic sports, literary societies, secret societies, and oratorical societies-to say nothing of lectures and editorial duties which are not usually placed in the category of gaieties-have taken an immense amount of students' time. In-as-much as the time-honored lecture against these "frivolities"'has not been delivered from the chapel rostrum this term, we would suggest that those who are doing justice to all these pleasures, are doing little to their studies. Fun is entitled to a large space in the college curriculum. We are afraid, however, that with some it is absorbing the room of all the other branches.
Provision was made by the Regents last Wednesday for the introduction of Spanish into the University. Professors Carruth and Canfield will teach this branch until further arrangements are made. Engineering and chemistry students who expect to pursue work in the southwest will find a knowledge of Spanish an invaluable adjunct to their other education. It is one of the required studies in the West Point Military Academy.
We learn from the newspapers that four Baldwin students have been expelled for drunkenness. We always said that the nearness of the State University had a bad influence on the morals of Baker.
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THE NEW CHEMICAL BUILDING.
Last winter, while listening to the debates of the House, from its gallery in the new capitol wing, we scarcely thought that we should have the pleasure of presenting our Courier readers with a picture of a University Chemical Building. The opposition against University appropriations was waged with peculiar bitterness against the chemical bill. To Hon. Wirt. W. Walton, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, the University owes its success in obtaining a special appropriation. Mr. Walton is one of the most active of the many friends of our institution, assisting it by his private influence, through the Dispatch, and in the Legislature. Through his efforts $4,000.00 was given by the State and $8,000.00 appropriated from the University permanent interest fund, making the total cost of the present building $12,000.00.
The chemical building is hid from the observer climbing Mt. Oread, by the main building. To one approaching from the south, however, the new structure, with its bright red roof surmounted with long drab ventilators, even though dwarfed in comparison with its big sister, appears quite conspicuous. Everything about it shows substantiability. The architect, J. G. Haskell, and the contractors, McFarland & Son, have given especial attention to solidity and convenience. The walls are of native limestone taken from the campus. The methods of ventilation are the latest and most approved. In addition to the ventilating shafts in the walls, large hoods are placed on tables in the middle of the rooms, to conduct off foul air. New apparatus will be placed in the laboratories. Although the present funds will not be sufficient to complete the furnishing, an additional appropriation of $4,000 has been insured. The south-west room, to be used for assaying, is fire-proof. Protection against fire is given by a large tank of water in the top story. Slate tables, fitted in the walls, support the delicate balances. The lecture room on the first floor will accommodate eighty-five pupils.
One can hardly appreciate the value of these new facilities for chemical work. We are situated only a short distance from the largest mineral field in the world. As yet this great tract has scarcely been touched. Ores of every kind abound. Fostered by the American principle of protection, the great west beyond us is bound to be covered with factories. Large numbers of chemical experts will be needed. As our chemical building and apparatus is now the most extensive of any west of the Mississippi, students will naturally be attracted to this place. Already we have ninety-five pupils in this department. How many can be expected in the near future?
Of the high ability of Prof. Bailey, the professor in charge, we have heretofore spoken. With such an instructor, and such facilities at his command, together with the demand in the west for practical education, we can see no reason why our chemical department should not become one of the best—aye, the foremost, in the United States.
The State Teachers' Association will meet at Topeka, December 26th. We understand that the University will be largely represented at the meeting, both by former students who are engaged in teaching, and by our present Normals. Of course a goodly delegation of our Professors will be on hand to enliven the association. The County Superintendent's Convention, which follows on the heels of the asssociation, will also have three or four of our former boys on its role.
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The use of the public print for the gratification of personal malevolence, has grown into a custom as prevalent as it is pernicious. Though pith and point may be the spirit and essence of every good literary article, yet an editor abuses his opportunities and forgets the deference due to the feelings of his readers, when he takes advantage of his position to vent his personal malignity.
In a number of a University periodical, nearly a column of glittering generalities, undisputed truisms and plagiarized ideas is used as a semi-disguise preparatory to a personal thrust.
Such a course is cowardly and contemptible. No person, possessed of the sensibilities and sympathies that uplift and dignify true manhood, will deal a blow which he knows cannot, owing to the peculiar circumstances, be parried or returned by the party he wantonly attacks.
Bible texts, like proverbs, should be sold in pairs. When again the text, "Abstain from all appearance of evil," is put into the market, we would suggest coupling with it as a yoke-fellow, "Charity thinketh no evil." F.
Newes of muche merrie mayking amonge ye youthes and fayre maydens and per channce some who may notte bee soe fayre, maketh mee to think that lerneing bee no suche hardsshype as oure fatherers accounted itt inne olden tymes, for wh. we sometyme fele sadenes and some tyme much joie. For oure fatheres and lykewis oftentyme oure motheres alsoe were bounden to longe tasskes and wth harrd tasske masters, and if bye channce anie one slypped from ye waie heled uprite and propre, hee was
delt wth ful sternely. Itt is tolde of Abijah Stone that synce he smyled in meteing alt ye fayre daughter of ye parson, shee beeing a swete mayde of scairce sixeten, ye tything manne toldd ye master of ye colidge and he—Abijah—was commanded to wryte ten score lynes of Lattin vers, whereon he was herd to saie, itt wass a bestely gryude and that he wh. see ye master of ye colidge furrthere, 1st, butt hee wrote them alle ye saime. And itt was whyspered of ye mayde that she spente ye whole morne of ye nexte daie—it beeing Mondaie, inne manie families cald washhyng daie—ypon ye backe borde. A greevous myschannce since itt were innе ye spryng tyme, whene Maie cheryse were firrst rype, to plucke and ete, and she, as wele as manie wanton byrdes, was muche given thereto.
Butt inne ye giddie daies we see nowe, hee wd. notte have wayted to smyle in ye holie sannctuarie, butte wd. have cutt hys classe, and wythe hir sate ypon ye stayres, and if a tuttor or ye maisterr of ye colidge hade come bye hee wd. have slypped downe to ye chymestre romes and shee wd. have gon to ye lybrarie to asske for ye Frrench dicshonarie, and ye master wolde have sayde to himsself, "she is studdious, and hathe muche fondenes for hir bookes." But ye tuttor, who hathe bene theyre hymself, wd. smyle and wynk, and saie that schule was a fyne place for a yunge manne, for theyre hee lernt much of ye world and itts waies. Soe muche diferrence is beetwene two menne, all becaus of ye diferrent poynte of viewe. Soe it musste be borne inne mynde that to alle thynges there bee two sydes, wh- maie be verie dyversse, and hee who lerns this erely and seeketh for ye merrie and bryghte syde, willle bee hee who most often hathe a bullie tyme in thys lyfe.
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NORMAL.
NORMAL.
TEACHER'S SALARY.
A question which has often been asked, but practically remains unanswered to-day; a question of vital importance to teachers what is the cause, or the causes, which place the teacher's salary far below that of the average mechanic or artisan? Our State is a prosperous one; we are fast becoming wealthy; and with these facts known to all there should be no reason why Kansas can not pay her teachers a fair compensation for their labor, but it is a well known fact that such in general is not the case.
One among the chief causes is that there is a surplus of teachers, hence a scramble for situations, and like every other commodity, when the supply exceeds the demand, as a natural result the price must come down.
There is only one effectual remedy, and I think the Legislature made a good beginning in this direction when it remodled the school laws the last time-raised the necessary qualifications to get a permit to teach, etc. The Legislature did well and is to be commended for its very excellent work, but we are sorry that it stopped so soon in such a good cause. When this has been accomplished, Kansas will be better supplied in two directions at last—fewer poor pedagogues and more good farmers.
Another cause of equal, if not of more importance, and especially in district schools, is that school boards do not take into consideration the quality of the article so much as they do the price which they pay. A favorite reply to the teacher who asks for fair wages is this, "Oh, any one can teach our school; it don't amount to
much, and we can't afford to pay a fancy price in our school." My friends of the school board, if you chance to see this, and I hope that many of you will, get over this as soon as possible, and realize that right in this place is where you need the experienced teacher to lay sure the broad foundation for future education. Practically not one of this class of men will follow this line of argument in regard to any of his property. He wants the best. When a man builds a house he looks around for the best mechanic in the country, and pays his price. He prunes, ties up, and with a watchful eye guards his young orchard, but for the sake of a few dollars will carelessly allow bent and crooked twigs to grow under his own roof—just where the profit is in this kind of a transaction I am at loss to say.
One argument among the more illiterate is that the teacher gets enough at the present rates—they make remarks about "nothing to do,""fine clothes,'""farm hands at $16 per month,'""six hours a day,' and so on, and finally offer you $30.00 or $35.00 per month. Such argument as this needs no comment, but it does need a great deal of public sentiment "to sit down on it."
Teachers' associations, etc., have been organized and there is a constant tendency among them to improve themselves in every way possible for their work, but as long as wages remain as low as they are at present, the broader minds, the best intellects, will leave the ranks in which the State most needs them and seek more lucrative employment which can readily be obtained by one who has fitted himself to teach in the best of our Kansas schools.
SCIENTIFIC.
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Articles of corporation of the United States Central Railway were filed in Denver, Col., in the latter part of October, providing for the construction and operation of a standard-guage railroad, extending from Denver to San Francisco, across the state of Colorado, the territory of Utah and the states of Nevada and California. The total estimated length of the trunk-line with its branches is 1500 miles. The capital stock is fixed at $75,000,000. The company is represented by a large number of wealthy and energetic business men of the western coast. The line as surveyed by the company passes through the richest portion of the mining district of these states and enters a vast timber belt on the western slope of the Sierras. It is proposed to begin operations at once and push the line to completion within five years at the utmost.
The proposed Jordan canal is receiving considerable attention in England and elsewhere, from engineers, capitalists and divines. The latter class object to the scheme most of any. They say that it would bury forever the sites of some of the greatest events in the world's history; it would extinguish a unique fauna now found nowhere else, and would submerge almost 3,000 square miles of the richest soil of that country. Others laugh at the idea of trying to bring the Dead Sea to the level of the Mediterranean by means of small canals. The proposed route is from Haifa to Jordan, thence down the overflowed country to Ain Gherundel and from there by canal to Akabah at the head of the Gulf of Akabah. Such a canal would give access to Moab and Ammon and the fertile lands between the Jordan and the Dead Sea and the
Euphrates, and by means of Lake Huleth get ships within 50 miles of Damascus. The historical sites of Bethsaida, Capernium, Tibernas, Plain of Gennesaret, Jericho and the Jordan River, would be entirely lost. The total cost including 65 miles of canal, the ports at Haifa and Akabah and the compensation to the people of Jordan valley, is estimated by Gen. C. G. Gordon at $67, - 500,000.
This canal, from its proposed width and depth, would give advantages over the Suez Canal mainly in time, fuel, labor and wear and tear, and with the estimated cost, rates could be reduced one-fifth and a large profit still realized. As the project stands at present, the disputed quantities are the amount of money the canal would really cost and the length of time required to fill the depressions when the canals are completed. The time estimated for filling the depression around the Jordan and Dead Sea varies from nine months to one hundred years. Closer investigation is evidently needed before any definite conclusion is made.
—Lukertort, the champion of the London Chess Tournament, and Steintz, the champion of the Vunna tourney, are both in this country. This explains in part the unusual interest now taken in the scientific game of chess.
The two champions met each other in the rooms of the Manhattan Chess Club of New York City, recently, where the series of match games were going on between Philadelphia and New York players, but to the surprise of every one each wholly ignored the other, but gathered around himself a circle of admirers to whom he expressed a
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desire to play with the other. Nevertheless they seemed afraid of each other and we shall probably not have the pleasure of following any games between these two champions at present.
Lukertort has been playing for sometime in the Manhattan rooms where he has had everything his own way. On October 21 he visited the stock exchange where he played with Moritz Meyer, the champion among the Bulls and Bears. Lukertort announced that he would compel his adversary to mate him with a certain pawn, and in spite of the most able efforts of Mr. Meyer he succeeded in half an hour
The growth of the Department of Natural History is most gratifying to the students and friends of the University, and is gaining for itself a national reputation.
We already have one of the finest entomological collections in the United States, if not the finest, and within the last few months Prof. Snow has discovered quite a number of new species of bugs.
Recently our University has received a fine collection of plants from Florida, and within the month we have obtained the finest collection of minerals west of the Mississippi, namely: the Cooper collection, 9500 specimens in all, also the best collection of Loup Fork fossils in this part of the west, collected by Mr. Sternberg. We have also received a large collection of plants from Illinois.
The Department of Physics has lately received a Becker & Son balance. These balances are the finest made and will weigh to one twentieth of a millogramme. A heliostat and a cathometer are on the road. The first is an instrument to keep a sunbeam on a certain spot which is arranged by means of a mirror and clock work. The cathometer is an instrument for the exact measurement of vertical hights, especially the measurement of the standard barometer.
It is a mounted telescope that slides up and down on a graduated scale and reads one twentieth millometers. An inclination compass or dipping needle has also been ordered.
Prof. Nichols is a tireless and energetic worker. In his lecture room he is always affable and courteous. His lectures are delivered without notes and are clear and forcible. He is just beginning his series of lectures on light and sound, which will be followed by his lectures on electricity.
The Department of Chemistry is unusually full this year, and much advanced work is being done. Already we have enough students in this department to fill our new building, which will be completed in about a month or so. But the policy is not so much to increase in number as to raise the standard, and increase the quality. We would say with the New York Sun, "The Preps. must go."
We are sorry to learn that Professor Sylvester of Johns Hopkins University has accepted the chair of Mathematics in one of the Oxford colleges. Professor Sylvester is the editor of the Journal of Mathematics which is the standard journal of that science in this country. He is the finest mathematician we have, if not the most brilliant in the world. His leaving this country is to be greatly regretted.
-A system of telegraphy called "trechontelegraphy" is reported to have been invented, by which trains in motion on the same rail can be put in connection with each other and with the approaching stations, or those passed. The advantages of this invention, if it proves a success, will be manifold.
Within three years the number of saw mills in Arkansas has increased from 319 to 1200. These are facts for the Forest Protectorate to consider.
SWAPS.
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By our request The News Letter is upon our table. You find a welcome nook.
The High School Index is surely a laudable effort for sub. collegiates.
From the old Penn state comes an unpedantic paper, yet one of true worth, The Haverfordian.
The College Rambler, for November although good in some departments, is a little weak in literary matters.
The Vanderbilt Observer still continues, at the old stand, to dish out good readable articles on live and important questions.
—"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few chewed up." Illini thinks the College Journal belongs to the last class.
The Wesleyan Bee arrived a little late. It is a good paper, but has the first page poorly ornamented with a long drawn out, labored description of The Old Homestead which in prose might do, but in poetry it becomes so monotonous that no one, except the author perhaps, will read it through.
The Carson Index comes to us emblazoned with please exchange. It has a continued poem in its literary department. Yes, we will exchange Mr. Index, if you will discontinue to continue continued poems. We don't like the strain on the mind caused by anticipation.
—Many of our old exchanges have not reached us yet, and some are making their first appearance in the November issue. Why this is we can't say, unless it be that the first issue is not a sample and they are afraid to trust their baby to the merciless exchange editor.
Cornell has devised a plan for the establishment of a correspondence university, which will not require attendance, but will be managed entirely by correspondence.
The students of both Princeton college and the Seminary united to commemorate the birthday of Luther. The exercises were very impressive.
The Harvard Advocate comes as a welcome visitor. It is decidedly an exponent of college affairs and represents, in many features, the real spirit in salt water colleges The articles are about subjects which interest a Harvard student rather than students in general.
In one of our exchanges we found a defense of the classics, by Lord Coleridge. The classics surely need to be defended. Not, however, because they lack worth to stand alone, but because of the unrelenting warfare, the so called practical educationists are waging against them.
This warfare is carried on in many ways. Some are open and above board; but others in a semi-underhanded way by having all or nearly all the sciences together with the laboratory work, in each, inserted into the classical course. This as a natural consequence either over works the student or causes him to neglect the object for which he went to college, a classical education.
The Atlantis is among our recent exchanges. It has a literary department very far above the average and is equally good in other departments. It is not only welcome on account of its merit as a college journal, but also because it comes from the institution where our new and efficient Prof. in Astronomy was located.
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PERSONAL.
—John L. Sullivan has returned from Chiago.
—J. A. Sargent spent Sunday in Kansas City.
—Solon Williams has returned from the south.
—Miss Ora Good visited the University Monday.
—'83, W. S. Whirlow was in the city last week.
—H. T. Smith went to Mound City last Monday.
—Mary R. Holsinger has entered the University.
—'86, Earnest Himoe has a very badly sprained ankle.
—'83, Ed. Little spent Sunday with his friends in the city.
—Miss Alice Bartell visited her Theta friends in the city last week.
—'83, E. F. Stanley has an excellent position in the city schools.
—Clarence Linton, who was a student here in '76, has lately enrolled.
—Miss Eliza Harr is a new student of the Kansas State University.
—W. H. Johnson left last Monday for his home in Ottawa, because of sickness.
—J. P. Jacke is assistant professor in the Military College of Canon City, Col.
—Miss Agnes Clark went to Topeka last week to attend the Social Science Club.
—Geo. W. Metcalf, a former student, has again added his name to the roll.
—George McMillan and brother, whose father was murdered, will not return to the University this year.
—Mrs. H. L. Erb, of Little Rock, Arkansas, the mother of Miss Mattie Erb, of the University, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. M. Summerfield, of this city.
—John L. Sullivan has returned from Chicago.
—J. A. Sargent spent Sunday in Kansas City.
Solon Williams has returned from the south.
Miss Ora Good visited the University Monday.
—'83, W. S. Whirlow was in the city last week.
—H. T. Smith went to Mound City last Monday.
Mary R. Holsinger has entered the University.
—'86, Earnest Himoe has a very badly sprained ankle.
—'83, Ed. Little spent Sunday with his friends in the city.
-Miss Alice Bartell visited her Theta friends in the city last week.
-'83, E. F. Stanley has an excellent position in the city schools.
-Clarence Linton, who was a student here in '76, has lately enrolled.
—W. H. Johnson left last Monday for his home in Ottawa, because of sickness.
Miss Eliza Harr is a new student of the Kansas State University.
—J. P. Jacke is assistant professor in the Military College of Canon City, Col.
Miss Agnes Clark went to Topeka last week to attend the Social Science Club.
—Geo. W. Metcalf, a former student has again added his name to the roll.
Ed. Blair made a visit home last Friday.
P. J. Pangborn, a Unitarian minister, visited the University last week.
Henry Winchell and Bert Monroe visited the University last week.
Miss Mabel Perry, of Troy, Kansas, visited Miss Carrie Hastings last week.
Charles Fearl, a former student of the University, came up from the south Thursday.
Miss Callie Marks, a cousin of Miss Dot Mead, visited the University last week.
'80, H. V. Chase was elected county clerk of Johnson county; congratulations of the Courier.
Miss Katie Bishop, of Paris, Ill., a friend of Miss Lillie McMillan, visited the University last week.
Judge A. G. Otis, of Atchison, was in the city last week to see about the new chemical building.
Harry Boder, a student during the past two years, left last Thursday for his home at Troy, where he will enter his father's bank.
Miss Maud Mansfield and her friends, Minnie Thomas and Jane Ritchie, of Plattsburg, Mo., visited the University Friday.
The State Academy of Science had a most interesting session at Topeka last week. Four of our professors, Messrs. Snow, Nichols, Bailey and Dyche, were present, and gave their customary batch of scientific news, which we will notice fully in the future.
—George McMillan and brother, whose father was murdered, will not return to the University this year.
—Mrs. H. L. Erb, of Little Rock, Arkansas, the mother of Miss Mattie Erb, of the University, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. M. Summerfield, of this city.
—Ed. Blair made a visit home last Friday.
-- P. J. Pangborn, a Unitarian minister, visited the University last week.
—Henry Winchell and Bert Monroe visited the University last week.
—Miss Mabel Perry, of Troy, Kansas. visitied Miss Carrie Hastings last week.
Charles Fearl, a former student of the University, came up from the south Thursday.
-Miss Callie Marks, a cousin of Miss Dot Mead, visited the University last week.
-80, H. V. Chase was elected county clerk of Johnson county; congratulations of the Courier.
- Miss Katie Bishop, of Paris, Ill., a friend of Miss Lillie McMillan, visited the University last week.
Judge A. G. Otis, of Atchison, was in the city last week to see about the new chemical building.
—Harry Boder, a student during the past two years, left last Thursday for his home at Troy, where he will enter his father's bank.
—Miss Maud Mansfield and her friends, Minnie Thomas and Jane Ritchie, of Plattsburg, Mo., visited the University Friday.
The State Academy of Science had a most interesting session at Topeka last week. Four of our professors, Messrs. Snow, Nichols, Bailey and Dyche, were present, and gave their customary batch of scientific news, which we will notice fully in the future.
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THE CORRIDORS.
530
Now
Enrolled.
Free Trade vs. Protection.
—Half session studies are over.
—That is if you passed.
New classes have settled down to the "grind."
The Oreads have a new constitution.
McClure has shaved off that mustache. Goak!
Try one of those fine Cuban cigars at Straffon's.
Are you going home Thanksgiving to punish the turkey.
-The contestants are getting down to work for the struggle.
-Fay Templeton is coming and the boys would fain have fair weather.
Prof. Bailey will finish the course in chemistry lectures next week.
The Sophomores say "beastly classes" are made by "beastly professors."
John Sargeant takes his place in the subfaculty as professor of ventilation.
—"Down with exams.," even the subpreps are clamoring for "term grades."
At Bromelsick's you will find whatever you want in the gents furnishing line.
The finest line of shoe brushes in the city at Straffon's at very low prices.
When will the Kappa Kappa Gammas be out? This is a question frequently asked.
One of our society young men received a box the other day containing a card inscribed, "I never kiss." This is a joke with a moral which will only be appreciated by a select few.
Another invoice of fine pocket knives just received at the South End Drug Store.
Prof. Dyche lectured before the State Academy of Science on the Newton Mammoth.
Several of our musically inclined students went to Topeka last week to hear Kelogg.
Priestly says that whisky and money were what beat him in his race for Oread critic.
About forty of the boys took the degree of D. D. (Doctor of Dancing) Friday night.
The I. C.'s feel very bad over the rebuke received from the chapel rostrum for their conduct Hallow e'en.
The Orophilians now have extra attractions for their meetings. For further particulars apply to Leach.
One good effect of Hallow e'en is al ready apparent in the new sidewalk up Adams street to the University.
-Wright's, Eastman's, and Colgate's handkerchief odors in bulk at South End Drug Store.
'73, L. D. L. Tosh, now one of Lawrence's rising attorneys, was united in marriage November 12th with Miss Minnie C. Parish. The happy couple left the same day for a tour among the eastern cities.
Mr. Anderson, a Junior Law, and Miss Damon, also a student, were married last Friday evening at Emporia. The affair is romantic in the fact that they were acquainted but two weeks before the knot was tied.
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THE CORRIDORS.
Increase your value by learning short hand at the Lawrence Business College, or by learning to write a legible long hand.
Try Alfred Wright's handkerchief extract of Wild Olive at Straffon's. It is elegant.
Do you know who gave the boys away? Why, that dude Senior with a new suit of clothes; spot him.
—Hon. James W. Green is slowly improving, and it is hoped he will soon be able to attend to business.
—Ned Stevens burned his foot quite badly at the fire at Mr. Green's last week. He will be unable to walk upon it for some time.
-A large assortment of ladies and gents pocket books twenty-five per cent. below real value at Straffon's.
-80, G. W. W. Yates was one of the vice presidents at the Republican jollification in Wyandotte over the election.
Caldwell is the author of the assertion that four young ladies have succumbed to his mashing qualities.
OROPHILIAN SOCIETY. There was a good attendance at the last meeting, and one of the best programs of the term was rendered, to the pleasure of those present. The essays were carefully prepared and the debate better than usual. This good work and attendance will be beneficial to the members and will reflect credit on the society.
A committee of three was appointed to confer with a like committee from the Oread society in regard to the June program. It is proposed the two societies have a contest instead of each having an evening during Commencement, as has been customary.
At the last election of officers, Mr. Chestnut was elected speaker and Miss Gillmore secretary.
As the Courier foretold, the Kappa Alpha Thedas will spend Thanksgiving at Junction City with Misses Bartell and Wright.
Stout is local editor of the Daily Journal. His dude uniform is now being prepared, and he will soon blossom out in all his glory.
The Senior class now numbers twentyfour, and will probably graduate twentyfive, as Miss Bartell, one of 83, will return next session.
Would you make your "fellow's" heart happy? Then select something for him from Bromelsick's immense stock of gent's furnishing line.
A charter has been petitioned for by four students to establish a chapter here of Sigma Chi. Three others have been "spik ed," and there is prospect of another frat.
The absence of sidewalks was very noticeable on rainy days last week. To avoid the exceeding dampness students found it necessary to climb "over the garden wall."
-Prof. Snow went to Topeka last week to attend the Academy of Science. -Ex. Pshaw, that's nothing. Plenty of the students take in the "academy of science" every afternoon.
OREADThe Oreads had a most excellent meeting last Friday, and their work showed up to good advantage. The program was as follows: Declamation, Miss Jacke; Reading, E.F. Stebbins; Declamation, Miss Moore, and a debate on the subject, "Resolved, that it is not right that representatives in Congress should be residents of the districts from which they are elected." The regular election of officers followed with the following result: President, A.C. Markley; vice president, C.E.Wood; secretary, Miss Erb; critic, E.E.Ritchie.
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—Invitations are out for the second anniversary (December 20) of the founding of the Pi Deuteron chapter of Phi Gamma Delta.
The classes in the scientific departments have been enjoying vacations during the absence of Professors Snow, Nichols, and Bailey.
The class of '85 will be increased by the return of A. E. Curdy, once of '84 Everybody, male and female, will welcome him with open arms.
A young lady who will shortly make her debut on the rostrum, desires to know if it is not fashionable for the president to recognize the speakers.
Invitations have been received by some of the boys to a Thanksgiving ball at Olathe. This is a good chance to get even with the Olatheites for that I.C. visit.
When the Sophomore's not engaged at his employment. And the Junior isn't occupied at study. Their capacity for innocent enjoyment. Is beyond the minds of the poor Freshiemen.
A prize was offered by a gentleman of this city for the best essay on "Railroad Legislation." The powers that be, however, declined the offer, for fear of taking the minds of the students from their regular work.
We were rather surprised to learn that the "Imperial" Hop appointed for last week was postponed on account of a bird show. If a mere simple little bird show has such an effect on the "Imperial," the consequences of a circus can scarcely be imagined.
The new student who asked the old one, what were the privileges of the day after the lecture, as quoted upon the rostrum, and was answered that it meant that he need not attend classes next day, after a consultation with his class officers, is no longer doubtful of the total depravity of some men.
-"Musser, the Masher; or, the Preps. Paralyzed," is the latest thrilling story of the celebrated "Jake."
—Don't forget the rates of tuition have been greatly reduced for evening session at the Business College, and that there will be only four months more.
—Geo. M. Gates, a student in the University, is also a barber by trade and works in F.Willard's shop, on fourth chair every Saturday. Give him a call.
—"No preps need apply," or Freshies or Sophs either, unless they can average eighty-five percent, is the decision of the faculty concerning admission to Junior and Senior classes.
—Miss Mary Simpson has recently returned from Chicago, and is now better prepared than ever to give lessons in painting. She is making a specialty of velvet decoration. It would be well for all desiring to do Christmas work in that line to call at her studio, on Tennessee street second door south of Quincy, west side.
The following from the Inter-Ocean would indicate that Fay is keeping up her reputation in comic opera. She will render "Giorofle-Girofla" Tuesday night: Notwithstanding the very inclement weather an audience of fair size, that supplied enthusiasm for deficit in numbers, assembled at the Academy of Music last evening to welcome the Fay Templeton Opera Company. The initial presentation was Lecocq's 'Girofle-Girofla,' deriving novelty in the fact that it had not been presented here in English for several years past. The opera has that slight plot in complexity of identities, full of the French in its flash of movement, is replete with these delightful, vigorous effects, and dreamy swing of the waltz, that the composer has made quite as emphatic and easy in 'La Fille de Madame Angot' and 'La Cœur et la Main.'
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THE CORRIDORS.
We desire to remind some of the professors that it is against the rules to loiter in the corridors. A number of students are thereby inconvenienced.
The faculty have united in asking the regents to establish a Spanish class for the second session. If the regents decide favorably, Prof. Carruth will take charge this year.
He was only a jolly Freshman,
In college for the first time this year.
Who, desiring to add to his knowledge,
Asks questions of all who will hear.
In college for the first time this year,
Who, desiring to add to his knowledge,
Asks questions of all who will hear.
"What is meant by this, that, or the other?
What are the class officers for?
I don't understand the queer badges
By which the boys set so much store?"
"For all the queer phrases and lingo,
This college is surely ahead;
Such terms as 'frat,' 'barb,' and 'outsider.'
Weary and perplex my poor head."
These and as many more riddles
He encounters yet day after day;
Those "privileges given after a lecture,"
"What are they, can any one say?"
Once, while listening with closest attention,
To a description of the first week in June,
The program of Saturday morning
Seemed to attract his attention quite soon.
He heard of the wrestling and racing.
Of the jumping and throwing and ball,
Of the egg race, the sack-race, the back-dash.
In which the unwary ones fall.
These performances to him seemed marvellous.
Yet still the recital went on.
He, determined to end all this mystery.
Asked, "do they do all that on the rostrum?"
Will Thacher went to New York with the key to the Oread bulletin board. If it were not for the fact that there are other Keys in the society, this might have caused trouble.
The time for making presents is approaching. If you contemplate following out the time honored custom don't fail to call upon Bromelsick.
The local editors desire to return thanks to Messrs. Mahan, Smiley, Kennedy, and Metcalf for a fine serenade. Such kindnesses as this are gratefully received, and will stand as pleasing oases in the oft-time desert places of our editorial career.
Don't forget that Mettner is not only trying to keep his work up to its acknowledged high standard, but is continually making improvements in the photographic art.
A dancing club has been organized which will go down to future students as the Gradatim. A constitution was adopted providing for a regular society to meet every two weeks, and limiting the membership to forty.
The first meeting of the Gradatim Dancing Club was held last Friday evening. About thirty-five couples were present and enjoyed themselves as only students bent on having a good time are able The whole evening was a very enjoyable one and established the club on a firm basis The next hop will be December 7th.
Rev. Philip Krohn's lecture last Tuesday evening was well received by a good-sized audience. His subject, "American Statesmen," was handled in a very able manner, and the modern politican was portrayed by no means to his favor. When he had concluded, Senator Plumb made a few remarks on the duties of the citizen, and the advantages of our government.
STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY Will find the largest stock of BOOTS AND SHOES
to select from in the city, including all leading styles, at prices that will pay you to visit the Family Shoe Store before buying elsewhere. MASON'S
Go to FAMOUS Boot and Shoe Store.
AN OLD FRIEND'S GREETING,
At this cheerful season, when so many hearts are light with the hopes and sentiments peculiar to the Holiday time, I should be glad to take all my friends by the hand and wish them a merry Christmas, and a happy, prosperous New Year. This being impossible, I have concluded to establish my headquarters at the Toy and Confectionery Store of Wm. WIEDEMANN, where I will be glad to receive callers and show them through my stock of Toys and Confectionery.
Remember I make my own Candy, and can guarantee it free from adulteration and of the finest flavor.
Remember to call at Santa Claus' headquarters for your Presents, and get prices before purchasing elsewhere. Hoping to see you all. I remain yours truly,
I remain yours truly,
SANTA CLAUS.
Per WM. WIEDEMANN, Clerk.
129 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Kan.
D. F. BIGELOW.
DEALER IN
Drugs, Medicines, Toilet Articles
AND PERFUMERY.
133 Mass. St., LAWRENCE, KAN.
Prescriptions filled at all hours.
IN HOUSE'S NEW BLOCK Is Where KlocK & Falley Are keeping A FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT Confectionery and Oysters in every style. 167 Massachusetts St.
BROADWAY HOTEL AND MIDTOWN BROADWAY
LAWRENCE BUSINESS COLLGE.
[ ESTABLISHED 1869.]
Institute of Penmanship, Short-Hand, Telegraphy and English Training School.
Winter Term Opens January 3rd.
COURSE OF STUDY.
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT.—Book-keeping (by Single and Double entry) Commercial Arithmetic, Rapid Calculations, Actual Business Practice, Commercial Law, Business Penmanship,'Letter Writing, Spelling and Grammar.
For Journal and information, address
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BOOR & McILRAVY,
Principals and Proprietors.
HOENE,
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135 Massachusetts Street.
HARRIS & SIMONS, Manufacturers of Finest Candies.
OYSTERS OF EVERY VARIETY.
SUPPERS SERVED IN THE BEST STYLE. 149 Massachusetts Street.
MERCHANT TAILORS. For First Class Work and latest Stylet go to KUNKEL & ROCKLUND, Over Steinberg's Dry Goods Store.
GRANT & PIATT,
DEALERS IN
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GOODS ALWAYS FRESH.
Special Attention paid to Students' Clubs.
If in need of anything in our line you can get BARGAINS at 118 Massachusetts Street.
CITY SCHOOL BOOKS AT Kansas Paper Store.
JOHN DALEY,
Merchant Tailor, Winthrop St., opposite Opera House. A full line of Cloths constantly on hand. A perfect fit every time.
PERSHALL'S RESTAURANT And Dining Room.
MILLARD & COOPER,
Billiard Parlors
60 Massachusetts St.
J. J. JARMAIN,
Official butcher to the University Dining Clubs, is now to be found at
STAR MEAT MARKET,
Corner Massachusetts and Adams Street.
Kunkel & Rocklund, the Champion Tailors.
WM.E.YEAGER FLORIST,
No.28 New Hampshire S.rect.
F. W, JAEDICKE,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
Guns, Rifles and Pistols,
Amunition, Fishing Tackle, Pocket Knives, &c
74 Massachusetts, St. LAWRENCE, KAN.
Scotford's Portraits
The best Photographic productions in the city.
715 Main St., KANSAS CITY.
GO TO NO. 90 MASSACHUSETTS STREET For a Good Shave and Hair Cut.
THE BEST BARBERS IN THE CITY. MARK ANTHONY, Prop'r.
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STUDENTS,REMEMBER!
Latest Styles of Boots and Shoes AT BOYD'S. House's New Block
House's New Block
CHAS. CHADWICK.
Insurance Agent,
77 Massachusetts Street.
STEELE & BELL. L. S. STEELE, PETER BELL. Attorneys, Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Agents. Office on Henry, west of Mass. St.
JOHN CHARLTON Fire and Tornado Insurance. Office over Leis' Drug Store.
DR. S. B. ANDERSON,
Office over Field and Evans' Store.
Patronage Solicited. Massachusetts Str et.
JOHN PUNTON, M. D.,
Lawrence, Kan.
Lawrence, Kan. Office in connection with Dr.F.D.Morse, over Woodward's Drug Store.
V G. MILLER,
J. D. PATTERSON,
Physician and Surgeon. Office over A. Marks' Jewelry Store.
DENTIST. Office over Woodward's Drug Store.
DR. F. H. WILSON,
DENTIST.
First Class Work and Moderate Charges. 35 Massachusetts St., LAWRENCE, KAN.
PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
PAINLESS DEDICATION
By the use of "Vitalized Air." The only "Hurd" apparatus in Kansas.
DR. GILLESPIE'S Dental Rooms,
No. 9. Massachusetts St., North of National Bank.
W. H. LAMON,
PHOTOGRAPHER, 125 Massachusetts Street.
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G. PETERSON.
SHOEMAKER Repairing Neatly Done. Second door back of McCurdy Block.
SAM WALKER
Will furnish Rigs at reasonable rates. Stable on North Massachusetts St.
PAT HAMLIN
Furnishcs Fine Rigs at Student's Prices. Stable just East of Post Office.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
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DEPARTMENTS:
- Collegiate, Preparatory, Musical, Law, Normal, Medicine, Civil Engineering.
FACULTY:
JQSHUA A. LIPPINCOTT, A. M., D. D., President Mental and Moral Philosophy.
FRANK H. SNOW, A.M., Ph.D. Natural History.
DAVID H. ROBINSON, A. M., Latin Language and Literature.
EPHRAIM MILLER, A. M., S.. Mathematics.
E. H. S. BAILEY, Ph.D., Chemistry, Mineralogy and Metallurgy.
KATE STEPHENS, A. M., Greek Language and Literature.
JAMES H. CANFIELD, A. M., History and Political Science.
FRANK O. MARVIN, A. M., Civil Engineering and Drawing.
EDWARD L. NICHOLS, Ph. D., Physics, Astronomy.
For General Information, address
P. J. WILLIAMS, A. M., D. D. Dean of Normal Department.
LEVERETT W. SPRING, A. B., English Literature, Rhetoric, Belles Lettres and Logic.
WILLIAM A. CARRUTH, A. M., German and French Languages and Literature.
ARTHUR G. CANFIELD, A. M., Instructor in German and French.
M. W. STERLING, A. B., Instructor in Latin and Greek.
L. L. DYCHE, Assistant in Natural History.
W. B. BROWNELL, A. B., Elocution and English.
RICHARD A. LEHMAN, Instructor in Music.
J. W. GREEN,
Dean of Law Department.
MARCUS SUMMERFIELD,
Instructor, Law Department.
W. C. SPANGLER, Clerk.
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J. HOUSE, - - - - 79 Mass. St.
RUTTER BROTHERS Rubber Stamps and Stencils
SEE THEIR LINEN MARKERS. Under Moak's Billiard Parlors, LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
STUDENTS.
Buy Your Groceries OF ENDSLEY JONES.
C. L. EDWARDS, DEALER IN
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A. WHITCOMB,
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MRS. GIBBS & DAUGHTERS Invite old and new friends to inspect their fine stock of
MILLINERY GOODS, Over Newmark's Store.
Mrs. Gibbs is an experienced trimmer.
W. CRUM, Dealer in TOVES, TINWARE
Gas, Steam and Water Fitting, Roofing Guttering, Heavy Sheet Iron Work, Hose, Gas Pipe, Brass Goods, &c. Job Work promptly done. 180 Massachusetts Street. LAWRENCE, KAN.
C. A. PEASE & SON,
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Most Fashionable Styles and Lowest Prices IN MILLINERY GOODS,
At Mrs. Gardner & Co.'s,
We never before offered such fine goods to our patrons at such low figures. We intend that our store shall be the popular resort for those wishing goods in our line for Holiday Presents.
MRS. GARDNER & CO.,
119 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kan.
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Hamilton! Hamilton! Headquarters for anything in the line of Photography.
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STUDENTS, call and I will guarantee satisfaction. HAMILTON, - - Opposite "Round Corner" Drug Store.
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The program for the fourteenth year of this magazine, and the third under the new name, is if anything more interesting and popular than ever. With every season THE CENTURY shows a decided gain in circulation. The new volume begins with November, and, when possible, subscriptions should begin with that issue. The following are some of the features of the coming year:
A New Novel by Geo. W. Cable, author of "Old Creole Days," etc., entitled "Dr. Sevier," a story of New Orleans life, the time being the eve of the late Civil War.
"Life in the Thirteen Colonies," by Edward Eggleston, separate illustrated papers on subjects connected with the early history of this country.
Three Stories by Henry James of varying lengths, to appear through the year.
The New Astronomy, untechnical articles, by Prof. S. P. Langley, describing the most interesting of recent discoveries in the sun and stars.
A Novelette by H. H. Boyesen, author of "Gunnar." etc.A vivid and sparkling story.
The New Era in American Architecture, a series of papers descriptive of the best work of American architects in Public Buildings City and Country Houses, etc. To be profusely illustrated.
A Novelette by Robert Grant, author of "Confessions of a Frivolous Girl." etc., entitled An Average Man."-a story of New York.
The Bread-Winners, one of the most remarkable novels of the day, to be completed in January.
Christianity and Wealth, with other essays, by the author of "The Christian League of Connecticut," etc., on the application of Christian morals to the present phases of modern life.
Coasting about the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a series of entertaining articles, profusely illustrated.
Scenes from the Novelists, Hawthorne, George Eliott, and Cable, with authentic drawings.
On the Track of Ulysses, the record of a yacht-cruise in the Mediterranean, identifying the route of Ulysses on his return from the Trojan war.
"Gafireld in England," extracts from his private journal kept during a trip to Europe in 1867.
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F. G. ALFORD, Dealer in Hardware, Stoves and Tinware, No.28 Massachusetts St., LAWRENCE, KANSAS Barb Wire at Very Low Rates.
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Cor. Mass. and Warren Sts.,
LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
STUDENTS ATTENTION!
You will always find the newest and largest assortment of Millinery and Fancy Goods At MISSES A. & C. MUGLER, No. 113 Massachusetts Street.
PIANOS & ORGANS.
PAULS BOWMAN'S PIANO.
W. W. LAPHAM.
717 MAIN ST.,
Kansas City,
MISSOURI.
The Best Goods! The Lowest Prices!
Decker Bros..
Mathushek,
Story & Camp.
Pianos.
Estey,
Story & Camp,
Organs.
Western Agent for the Dentaphone for the Deaf.
Send for Catalogue.
METTNER,
-THE PHOTOGRAPHER-
79 Massachusetts Street.
THE STUDENT'S POPULAR ARTIST.
W. M. CULBERTSON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Hard Coal, Soft Coal,
PIEDMONT SMITHING COAL,
Office 110 Massachusetts St.
CONGRESS RESTAURANT
We Manufacture fine Cream Candies, also keep Fruits and Confectionery. Oysters in season.
WILSON & NELSON. 73 Massachusetts St.
PALMER & GRIFFIN Dealers in Coal and Wood, Office 1st door south of M. E. Church.
Turkish Bath!
Reduced Rates to Students.
Opposite Lawrence House.
1883. FALL. 1883.
TEMPLE OF FASHION
THE FINEST SUITS IN KANSAS
ARE MADE BY
McCONNELL
THE TAILOR.
63 Massachusetts Street.
THE POPULAR BARBERS HARRIS & MURPHY,
Opposite Mason's Shoe Store.
[Established 1870]
CONOVER BROTHERS.
PENTA SELF-REPEATING PAPER CHAIR
613 Main St., KANSAS CITY.
MANUFACTURERS OF FIRST CLASS
UPRIGHT and SQUARE PIANOS.
Publishers of Music and Music Books. Jobbers in Musical Merchandise.
General Agents for "Steinway and Sons" and "J. & C. Fischer r'lanos." "Geo. Woods & Co." "Burdett," and "Shoninger" Organs.
235 E. 21st St.. NEW YORK.
C. W. STRAFFON, Prescription Druggist.
AMONG THE MULTITUDE OF STYLES
IN
Fine Overcoats and Suits
This season, we desire to call particular attention to our splendid assortment. While other houses may have equally as good, you certainly must be aware of the fact that our assortment is the
LARCEST IN THIS STATE.
Of course, here it is no trouble to find an Overcoat or Suit to please you. Please remember that our garments are made to compete with the
BEST CUSTOM WORK,
and that our large and constantly increasing sales enable us to offer them at surprisingly low prices.
Trusting that you will pay us a visit, we are,
Yours truly,
STEINBERG. King Clothier.